IN THE CASTELLI RENAISSANCE STYLE

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SIXTEEN ITALIAN MAIOLICA TILE FRAGMENTS
IN THE CASTELLI RENAISSANCE STYLE
Some possibly from the Mengaroni Workshop, each painted in high fired colors on a tin-glazed ground with a portrait within a variant border, some named; together with an Italian custom-made plexiglass coffee table fitted to accomodate the ten vertical tiles ratiating around the circumference, the table 48in. (122cm.) diameter and with an added base converting it from a coffee-table to a dining table.
11 5/8 s 6 1/8 in. (29.5 x 15.5 cm.), average size of the tiles (17)

Lot Essay

See Le Maioliche Cinquecentesche di Castelli, Una Grande Stagione Artistica Ritrovata, Catalogo I for a detailed discussion of these tiles, their rediscovery and classification, and the workshops at Castelli that produced them.

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