Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
An Italian olivewood, cedarwood, lacewood, hardwood and ebonised wood library table, by Giuseppe Jappelli, Veneto, circa 1835
Lot Closed
November 9, 04:26 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An Italian olivewood, cedarwood, lacewood, hardwood and ebonised wood library table, by Giuseppe Jappelli, Veneto, circa 1835
the rectangular top with facetted corners inlaid with a fan motif flanking an oval enclosing a stylised diaper motif, above a frieze containing a drawer, the sides and back also containing a drawer with a pull-out baize-lined slide, on ribbed octagonal legs and octagonal feet, with a ribbed central support joined by a stretcher in the form of lyres
79.cm. high, 307cm. wide, 160.5cm. deep; 2ft. 7¼in., 10ft. 1in., 5ft. 3¼in.
where acquired by the current owner.
COMPARTIVE LITERATURE
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Impero in Italia, Milan, 1998, pp. 236, 310, 313 and 420.
Claudio Paolini, Il Bello Ritrovato, Novara, 1990, pp. 247-248 and 434-435.
Giuseppe Jappelli (1783-1852) was one of the leading exponents of the Empire style in Italy, reviving the taste for the antique in the first half of the 19th century with his eclectic designs. He was a master at combining neo-classical and neo-gothic designs with poetic elements such as the lyres in this table. Jappelli is most renowned for the conception and design of the Caffe Pedrocchi in Padua in 1826, some furniture of which is now kept in the Fondazione Querini-Stampalia in Venice.