FONTANA ARTE | Occasional table n. 1776, circa 1960

brass and glass

Quaderni Fontana Arte n. 3, Cristalli d'Arte, Milan, 1961, p. 36
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte, Turin, 2012, pl. 416

Overall in very good condition. The brass presents with some surface scratches and a few scratches more visible mostly concentrated around the thiner part of the base. The same area presents with a network of craquelures on the gilt metal, most likely inherent to the manufacturing process, on approximately 2,5 x 1,5 cm. The brass with scattered isolated areas of oxidation and wear to the gilding, concentrated around the outer rim of the glass. The same area with minor shallow indentations around the upper edge of the brass rim and a few shallow dents near the base, the largest approximately 1 cm. The glass with minor surface scratches throughout, some small areas with wear to the silvering and a fleck to the upper edge approximately 6mm.
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