An Italian ebonised, marquetry, and stained-wood tilt-top centre-table

BY A. GARGIULO, SORRENTO, CIRCA 1890

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An Italian ebonised, marquetry, and stained-wood tilt-top centre-table
By A. Gargiulo, Sorrento, Circa 1890
The dodecagonal top with a central reserve of a maiden pouring wine for a muskateer, signed A Gargiulo/[So]rre[n]to/Villa Gargiulo, framed within a band with bees, the outer portion decorated with scrolling foliage, reserves with bust portraits of peasants, and drapery suspended by winged putti, the outer edge with ebonised moulding above a wavy apron, the pedestal support inlaid with trailing foliage and mythical beasts, on a tripartite base with pad feet
33¾ in. (85.8 cm.) high; 36½ in. (92.8 cm.) diameter

拍品專文

Throughout the nineteenth century, there existed many workshops in the Sorrento and Mantua regions specialising in the centuries old tradition of inlaying fine wood and straw marquetry. Besides what amounted to a large-scale industry supplying trinkets to both tourists and an active export market, these workshops operated a smaller, yet equally important sideline producing individual pieces of furniture, many of them of exhibition quality. Established in 1863, the workshop of A. Gargiulo is still in operation in Sorrento today, providing fine inlaid products for the tourist industry.

A very similar marquetry centre-table by Gargiulo was sold in these rooms, 24 April 2003, lot 245 ($26,290).