Lot 1724 D α

A stone inlaid panel with an elegant couple

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €

A stone inlaid panel with an elegant couple

Hardstone marquetry made from various marbles on black ground. In the original foliate ormolu frame mounted on ebonised hardwood, H 25.8, W 19.4 cm.
Florence, Grand Ducal workshops, late 18th C.

Literature

Cf. Giusti, Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay, London 2006, illus. 146, for an example in the Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florenz.