AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PLAQUE
FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PLAQUE
FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the Belgian black marble inlaid with a verde antico slip, the field elaborately inlaid with scrolling foliate and floral motifs incorporating peaches, apples, pears flowers and leaves including roses, cornflowers and peonies, of giallo di Siena, jaspers, onyx, glass, chalcedony and others, the centre of the field inlaid with a ribbon of lapis lazuli and a chain of pearls, each corner inlaid with a bird within a green jasper border, in an associated ripple-carved Baroque-style ebonised frame
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 34 ¹/₄ in. (87 cm.) wide
FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the Belgian black marble inlaid with a verde antico slip, the field elaborately inlaid with scrolling foliate and floral motifs incorporating peaches, apples, pears flowers and leaves including roses, cornflowers and peonies, of giallo di Siena, jaspers, onyx, glass, chalcedony and others, the centre of the field inlaid with a ribbon of lapis lazuli and a chain of pearls, each corner inlaid with a bird within a green jasper border, in an associated ripple-carved Baroque-style ebonised frame
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 34 ¹/₄ in. (87 cm.) wide
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