AN EXCEPTIONAL LARGE ITALIAN CENTRE TABLE

Description:

Ferdinando Pogliani (1832-1899) and his workshop, Milan, circa 1870
78 x 138 x 84 cm
Centre table of ebony and ivory marquetry with a rectangular top with a central figurative panel of engraved ivory showing a procession of Roman horseman. The template for this scenery was a copper engraving of 1575 by Diana Mantuana, as well known as Diana Ghisi (Mantua 1535-1612), published in 1773 by Carlo Losie. The table is richly adorned with a border of scrolling acanthus leaves and putti with ovals to each corner, ribbons and cartouches. One front drawer. The square tapering moulded legs joined by a flattened stretcher with central turned finial on bun feet are connected by a traverse with a stylized urn vase. Restorations and damages due to age.
Since the 1980ies in a South German Property.
Zu Pogliani Lit.: E. Cozzi / A. Ponte, Le mobilier du XIX siècle - l'Italie, Paris 1991; S. 63-69 (biogr. Angaben).