An Italian bone and ebony inlaid rosewood and parquetry table top, on a rosewood and stained walnut base the top Florentine, second quarter 17th century, the base late 18th century

In overall good preserved condition. There are areas of old restorations to the top where some elements have been replaced. There are hairline cracks due to age to the top throughout. A very attractive piece
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Comparative Literature:
Enrico, Colle, Il Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, Il periodo dei Medici, 1537-1737, Rome,1996, p. 78, plates XII and XIII, for two related table tops with a similar central reserve depicting a stylised star motif in ivory and ebony within strapwork, in the Sala di Bona, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, cat. 30.