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137. 137W Y An Italian scagliola table top attributed to Pie…
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137. 137W Y An Italian scagliola table top attributed to Pie…
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
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Description
137. 137W Y An Italian scagliola table top attributed to Pietro Della Valle, in a brass and pewter-inlaid rosewood stand, 19th century
The rectangular top depicting a landscape of the Roman countryside with the Salario bridge, and sitters in the foreground, within a black and white extensive foliate border with musical trophies and mystical birds; the base with moulded border and frieze inlaid with engraved pewter and brass foliate sprays, above four faceted baluster supports joined by shaped undertier, 129cm wide, 67cm deep, 77.5cm high (50 1/2in wide, 26in deep, 30 1/2in high)
This scagliola top is reminiscent of the oeuvre of Giuseppe and his brother Pietro Della Valle (Livorno 1819–Florence 1880). Among the most celebrated scagliola artists of the mid-19th century, the Della Valle brothers received numerous silver and bronze medals in the exhibitions in Florence in 1839, 1841, 1844 and one of their tables was honored at the Great Exibition in London in 1851.
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