19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Centre Table

Unique 19th century Spanish painted pedestal table. The six sided top is decorated with five finely painted cherubs throughout. The top is supported by ...

19th century hand carved Italian walnut shelf depicting a pair of winged cherubs.

19th C. Italian carved trestle table. A large rectangular top sits on two lyre shaped carved pedestal bases that are connected by a center stretch...

19th century Italian painted wrought iron table with Carrara marble top.

19th century Italian giltwood carved console with black marble top. The console stands on four cabriole legs with rams head feet. The scrolled legs are attached by a center stretcher...

19th century Italian Rococo style console. The table stands on four fluted tapered legs. The front apron is decorated with carved garlands hanging from a carved panel with a center c...

The circular top decorated with various specimen marbles including Rosso antico, serpentino, Giallo antico, Palombino, Malachite , Granito, Carrara .. ecc. Masterpiece of Italian c...

The circular top decorated with various specimen marbles including Rosso antico, serpentino, Giallo antico, Palombino, Malachite , Granito, Carrara .. ecc. Masterpiece of Italian cr...

Italian pietra dura table 19th century rectangular shape, with wooden caved based, four fluted and turned legs, classical frieze and stepped borde...

This magnificent specimen centre table incorporates some incredible specimens highlighting the richest, deepest, and most vivid colours of the most coveted specimen marbles. This Ita...

Important Palatial & Rare 19th Century Pietra Dura Giltwood Centre Table. This magnificent rectangular table incorporates an exquisitely inlaid Florentine Pietra Dura work of art. The truly incredibly and colourful hardstone specimens have been meticulously chosen & inlaid to form the most gorgeous floral display. It is amongst the finest of its type. This masterpiece is displayed on its original carved work of sculptural art, a baluster stem with acanthus leaves and raised on four acanthus leaf scrolled feet, the gilding, burnished in parts to perfection and highlighting a palatial majesty. The art of creating images by cutting hardstones and fitting them into a jigsaw of shapes, flowered under the Florentine Medici and is known as Pietra Dura. The technique of Pietra Dura is highly prized and widely used and can be found in settings ranging from antique jewellery boxes to the walls of the Taj Mahal. The development of the technique, often called ‘painting in stone’ was one of the many achievements of the Florentine Renaissance. Like many other forms of antique decorative art...

A stunning and extremely high quality Italian 19th century Florentine st. giltwood and pietra dura center table/side table. The circular table is raised by a beautiful square base wi...