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ANTIQUE ITALIAN PIETRA DURA TABLETOP, Rome, 18th Century

Rome, 18th Century

PAIR OF PIETRA DURA PLAQUES WITH LANDSCAPES Italy, Florence, 18th Century pietre dure in gilt bronze frame 28.5 x 39 cm (11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in) with frame 23 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in) withou...

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CAPITAL WITH MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES, 15th Century marble H 18 x Diam 33.5 cm H 7 x Diam 13 1/4 in

Untitled "Marble Fragment 3" 2019, acrylic, landscape, wall sculpture, clouds, purple, blue

Oak then lacquered with marble top Carved/Stamped with the name "Latz" in the wood under the marble Height: 55 inches (86.25 cm) Width: 55 inches (140 cm) Provenance Château de Mareil Le Guyon This commode is available to view at our gallery on Cecil Court. Jean-Pierre Latz Jean-Pierre Latz was one of the handful of truly outstanding cabinetmakers working in Paris in the mid 18th-century. Like several of his peers in the French capital, he was of German origin. His furniture is in a fully developed rococo style, employing boldly sculptural gilt-bronze mounts complementing marquetry motifs of flowers and leafy sprays, in figured tropical veneers like tulipwood, amarante, purpleheart and rosewood, often featuring the distinctive end-grain cuts. He also produced lacquered pieces, most famously the slant-front desk in the collection of Stavros Niarchos...