Lot Essay
A related writing desk, with similar treatment to the marquetry veneers and tapering legs, is published in S. Chiaruggi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana, Florence 1994, p. 91, fig. 70 and p. 94, fig. 74.
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FLORENCE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A NORTH ITALIAN ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
FLORENCE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangluar top inset with later black leather, above a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs, restorations
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 38½ in. (98 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
FLORENCE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangluar top inset with later black leather, above a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs, restorations
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 38½ in. (98 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
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