19thc. Roman Pietra Dura Table

Highly Decorative Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier

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Beautiful Painted and Gilded Italian Canape

Exceptional Giltwood mirror with Lyre Trophy

Beautirl Carved and Gilded Italian Desk

Carved and Gilded Wood Urn

Early 20th-century barque Revival-style wood carved base with pietra-dura top colorful inlaid stones depicting flying but butterflies.

Pietra Dura Empire table. Malachite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, citrine and sienna marble inlaid in white marble. Wood is Tineo.

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

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

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

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...