Lot 260
260
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE LACCA POVERA AND FAUX MARBLE OCCASIONAL TABLE

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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE LACCA POVERA AND FAUX MARBLE OCCASIONAL TABLE
The oval dished tilt-top with a central cartouche depicting a pair of lovers against a pastoral background, the cartouche borders enclosing various Commedia del Arte scenes, on a baluster-turned stem and scroll legs, redecorated
30in. (78cm.) high, 34in. (87cm.) wide, 26in. (66.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Related examples of very similar form with pastoral reserves around a central cartouche dated to the middle of the 18th century are illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Mobili Veneziani Laccati, n.d., vol. I, fig. LXI, and S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, vol. II, 1964, fig. L.