AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA, SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
THE PIETRA DURA FLORENTINE 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE PROBABLY PORTUGUESE EARLY 18TH CENTURY
AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA, SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE THE PIETRA DURA FLORENTINE 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE PROBABLY PORTUGUESE EARLY 18TH CENTURY The rectangular top inlaid with various specimen marble and hardstones including alabstro, lapis lazuli, giallo, verde antico , amethyst and jaspers, centred by a shaped octagonal panel with a bird amidst fruiting branches, within a beaded reserve, set within a brocatello di Spagna fond and an outer border with further birds, butterflies and floral sprays, inset to each corner with the coat-of-arms of Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of Palmela, inscribed in Latin 'Veritatem Regibus' , the pietra dura most probably conceived for a casket and set in marble before 1850 when the coats-of-arms were probably added 35¾ in. (90.5 cm.) high; 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA, SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
THE PIETRA DURA FLORENTINE 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE PROBABLY PORTUGUESE EARLY 18TH CENTURY
AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA, SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE THE PIETRA DURA FLORENTINE 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE PROBABLY PORTUGUESE EARLY 18TH CENTURY The rectangular top inlaid with various specimen marble and hardstones including alabstro, lapis lazuli, giallo, verde antico , amethyst and jaspers, centred by a shaped octagonal panel with a bird amidst fruiting branches, within a beaded reserve, set within a brocatello di Spagna fond and an outer border with further birds, butterflies and floral sprays, inset to each corner with the coat-of-arms of Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of Palmela, inscribed in Latin 'Veritatem Regibus' , the pietra dura most probably conceived for a casket and set in marble before 1850 when the coats-of-arms were probably added 35¾ in. (90.5 cm.) high; 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
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