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Attributed to Gaetano Bianchini and Angiolo Barbetti
An Italian gilt-bronze mounted ebony and pietre dure centre table, Florence, circa 1870
Auction Closed
September 6, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An Italian gilt-bronze mounted ebony and pietre dure centre table, Florence, circa 1870, the base by Angiolo Barbetti, the top attributed to Gaetano Bianchini
the top centred with a bouquet of ribbon tied flowers including roses, jasmin, pansies, bell flowers and a bunch of grapes, attracting birds, butterflies, dragon fly and bees, within a conforming border of ribbon tied flowers and fruit including peaches and grapes, with a paper label on the underside A.BARBETTI E FIGLI / Scultori in Legno e in Avorio / FIRENZE
85 by 130 by 76cm., 33½ by 51¼ by 30in.
Sotheby’s London, Belle Epoque Sculpture and Furniture: Property of a Private Foundation, 27 September 1991, lot 21.
Annamaria Giusti (ed.), Dagli Splendori di corte al lusso borghese: L'Opificio delle Pietre Dure nell'Italia unita, Florence, 2011, p.42, figs. 3-4 (ill).