Sale 8165
London, South Kensington
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21 October 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,265
Estimate
An italian specimen marble table top Second half 19th century Of circular outline and veneered with geometric designs, with paper retail label to the reverse for the Palermo retailers Francesco e Filippo Lopes Raffi 20½in. (52cm.) diameter
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The retail label lists some of the various materials in which the brothers worked, including Sicilian marbles, suggesting that the marbles for the present table top may well have been quarried locally.
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