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A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE-INLAID CENTER TABLE

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Lot 215 | A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE-INLAID CENTER TABLE
A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE-INLAID CENTER TABLE

THE MARBLE TOP ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO RAFFAELLI, ROME OR MILAN, CIRCA 1800-1810, THE BASE POSSIBLY BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI, ROME, CIRCA 1770-1775

The rectangular white marble top inset with various semi-precious hardstones including amethyst, Sicilian and Corsican jasper, German agate, sardonyx agate, carnelian and lapis lazuli, arranged in a lozenge pattern around a central oval panel of German agate, within two narrow borders of Sicilian jasper and a gilt-bronze beaded outer rim, the frieze of the base inset with rectangular panels of red, green and rose jasper, supported by uprights in the form of male herms, two with beards, two without, each flanked by twinned female caryatids, each long frieze centered by flower and fruit-filled cornucopiae, the tapering herms terminating in hoof feet, with extensive numbering and lettering throughout, the iron stretcher under the top pounced with the letter S twice, the back of the male herms' loincloths on each leg with a pierced hole, originally intended to house connecting rods to attach internally the two main elements of the leg

33. 3/4 in. (86 cm.) high, 30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Private Collection, Narbonne, France; sold Maître André Meyzen, Narbonne, 31 March, 2001, lot 14 (€975,673).

With Steinitz, Paris.

Private American Collection, Los Angeles.



Literature

W. Koeppe and A.M. Giusti, et al., Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe, New York, 2008, pp. 312-314, no. 122 (illustrated).

A. González-Palacios, The Londonderry Table Top, The Exceptional Sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 2014, p. 12, note 4.

A.M. Massinelli, Giacomo Raffaelli: Maestro di Stile e di Mosaico, Firenze, 2018, pp. 290-293, figs. 345, 348.



Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1 July-21 September 2008, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe, no. 122.
Artist:Francesco Righetti (1738-1819)
Giacomo Raffaelli (1753 -1836)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Gold, Marble, Stone
Art style:Neoclassicism, Old Masters
Place of origin:Italy
Category:Table, Center table
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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