A SPLENDID PIETRA DURA ORNITOLOGICAL AND FLORAL TOOLED TABLE TOP

Description:

20th century
120 x 88,5 x 3 cm
The black moulded top with rich stone marquetry "Pietra Dura" with lapis lazuli, jasper, agate, amethyst and other marbles and hardstones depicting birds, butterflies, small animals in a rich floral pattern. The rim with white marble and lapis-lazuli border. Minute traces of use.
The rich floral and ornitological decoration after a mid 18th century Baroque Neapolitan pietra dura table top, today stored in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Lit. Annamaria Giusti, Pietra Dura, Bilder aus Stein, p. 198/199 (detail).