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Lot 850 D α

A pair of Italian scagliola panels in the Etruscan taste

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 18.000 € - 25.000 €
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A pair of Italian scagliola panels in the Etruscan taste

The outer part designed to resemble porphyry inlaid with scagliola panels. The centre part depicting charioteers within borders formed from bearded mascarons, laurel and vines. Designed to be used as table tops. Restored. H 4.7, W 130, D 70 cm.
Northern Italy / Piemont, around 1790.

Recreating rooms in the “Etruscan style“ was fashionable during this time period. It was a reflection of the increasing interest in Greek vase painting and other aspects of ancient civilisation.

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.

Literature

Cf. Colle, Il mobile neoclassico in Italia. Arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1775 al 1800, Milan 2005, p. 398, for the wall decoration designed by Antonio and Giovanno Torricelli for the Palazzo Grosse in Riva presso Chieri near Turin in 1786.