A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED SCAGLIOLA PANEL

POSSIBLY VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED SCAGLIOLA PANEL
POSSIBLY VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
DECORATED IN THE ETRUSCAN STYLE, THE CIRCULAR PANEL WITH ZEUS IN A CHARIOT PULLED BY FALCONS ON A CLOUD, SURROUNDED BY FOLIATE SCROLLS AND PAIRED BLUE SERPENTS, WITH EAGLE AND FOLIATE-SCROLLED BORDER WITH FIGURES, ORIGINALLY PRESUMABLY AN INSET TABLE TOP
24¼ IN. (62 CM.) DIAMETER

Lot Essay

A CLOSELY RELATED CIRCULAR SCAGLIOLA TOP INSET INTO A SMALL GUERIDON, ATTRIBUTED TO VIENNA, IS IN THE RESIDENZ, MUNICH (ILLUSTRATED IN G. HOJER AND H. OTTOMEYER, DIE MöBEL DER RESIDENZ MüNCHEN, MUNICH, 1997, VOL. III, PP. 255-7, CAT. 130). THE TASTE FOR THE FASHIONABLE POMPEIAN OR ETRUSCAN STYLE SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE OF COURSE, AND IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THE SCAGLIOLA TOP ON THE RESIDENZ TABLE WAS IMPORTED FROM ITALY. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE WITH THIS RESPECT AN EMPIRE TABLE BY BIENNAIS WITH A SCAGLIOLA TOP OF SIMILAR INSPIRATION, SOLD CHRISTIE'S, MONACO, 17 JUNE 1990, LOT 360.

More from European Furniture

View All