A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND SCAGLIOLA OCCASIONAL TABLE,
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The Peter della Valle brothers were accomplished Italian artists in scagliola, with workshops at Leopolda Street, Palazza Maria, Livorno (or Leghorn as it was known in English) on the Ligurian coast. One of the most important examples of their work is a scagliola slab which forms the top for a table exhibited by the brothers at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This table having previously been on loan to the Los Angeles Museum now forms part of The Gilbert Collection in London. See Anna Maria Massinelli, The Gilbert Collection, Hardstones, pub. Philip Wilson, 2000 exh. 33 p.103. |
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£4,000 - £6,000
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£4,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
circa 1825, the rectangular tilt-top decorated with a scene of the ruins of the Roman Forum, including the Temple of Vespasian, the Temple of Saturn, the Column of Phocas and a stylised version of one of the triumphal arches, within beaded and scrolling foliate borders, the underside with a printed label for Peter Della Valle & Brothers, Manufactures & Painters of Scagliola, Num 1473, Per Porta Cappuccini Leghorn; the timber surround with ovolo moulded edgies; the strut support above a knopped, turned, lobed and acanthus carved shaft descending to four volute supports, the quatreform base on four winged volute feet, with recessed castors; 75cm high, the top 60 x 49cm
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