PIEDMONT, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN LACCA POVERA, BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CENTER TABLE
PIEDMONT, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The cartouche-shaped tray with raised rim decorated with a pastoral scene of female figures amid a landscape, with grazing bucks, birds and butterflies, above foliate-carved scrolled legs joined by a scrolled X-form stretcher with pinecone finial, on splayed legs ending in foliate hoof feet, decoration refreshed
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 30¼ in. (77 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Giuseppe Rossi; Sotheby's London, 10 March 1999, lot 1 (£ 47,400 = $77,440 including premium).

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: R. Antonetto, 'Minusieri ed Ebanisti del Piemonte, Chieri, 1985, cat. 246, p. 180.

Although the charming lacca povera ornament of the tray-top of this richly carved table would often suggest a Venetian origin, this example in fact belongs to a rare group of similar pieces executed in Piedmont. The high-hiped profile of the legs is in particular a distinctive feature of Piedmontese carvers.

Similar Piedmontese tables are illustrated in V. Viale, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, exh. cat., Vol. III, Turin, 1963, pls. 86, 87 and 89a, and a further related table is illustrated in E. Quaglino, Il Mobile Piemontese, Milan, 1966, pp. 118.

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