Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Giltwood And Pietra Dura Center Table

An exceptional and very decorative pair of Italian 19th century walnut and Pietra Dura consoles/center table from Tuscany. Each console is raised b...

A stunning Italian mid 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and giltwood center table. The table is raised on tapered reeded legs with a running wave design border below the rosette ...

An exceptional Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood center table. The table is raised on elaborately scrolled cabriole legs accented with large scrolls and acanthus leaves. The...

A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Louis XV st. patinated wood, giltwood, and Vert Campan marble center table. The table is raised by beautiful scrolled feet with finely carved acanthus leaves below the elegant tapered cabriole legs. Each leg is connected by a striking scrolled stretcher with lovely scalloped movements and fine giltwood fillets with a richly carved basket of fruit...

A superb and most impressive Italian 19th century neo-classical st. giltwood and Vert Maurin marble center table. The circular table is raised by handsome paw feet below the striking...

An impressive and large scale Italian 19th century Baroque st. polychrome, giltwood and Scagliola center table. The circular table is raised by elegantly scrolled polychrome legs with handsome paw feet decorated with fine giltwood accents and superb fur like designs. The circular mottled central support displays wrap around bands of finely carved seashells...

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...

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

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

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...

A very fine Italian, 19th century octagonal Pietra dura inlaid table raised on an ebonized base with four drawers. The pietra dura inlaid top depicting a stylized design with colorfu...