Giovanni Pratesi: The Florentine Eye
Giovanni Pratesi: The Florentine Eye
Italian, Florence, late 17th century
A walnut centre table with Breccia Medicea top
Auction Closed
March 22, 07:15 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Italian, Florence, late 17th century
A walnut centre table with Breccia Medicea top
The turned legs united by X turned stretchers centered by a vase.
91.5 by 233 by 116cm., 36 by 91¾ by 45¾in.
The present table relates to a pair of tables today in the Apartment of the Gran Principe Ferdinando at Villa del Poggio Imperiale, which were originally documented in 1761 in Palazzo Pitti in the actual Room of the King in the Royal Apartment, where they remained until after 1860 (published by E. Colle, op. cit. 1997). The wooden support with turned legs and X-stretchers with a central vase is a typical Florentine model of the late 17th century.
RELATED LITERATURE
E. Colle, I Nobili di Palazzo Pitti, Il periodo dei Medici, 1537-1737, Florence, 1997, p. 171, no. 47; E. Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, Milan, 2000, pp. 190-191
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