rare Pietra Dura marble Table in antique Neoclassical Style inlay top

Mahogany on solid wood. Three-sided base plate on. Centrally ascending, eightfold folded column, flanked by three curved volutes. A strict form of early-Biedermeier time. It is equipped with a folding mechanism. This type is very practical, not only because it is space-saving, but because it looks highly decorative. It is a traditionally built table. It can be distinguished from a table from 1820...

Ash root on solid beech. On strongly curved, over corner standing legs, connected by slightly intervening intermediate compartment. Outstanding saber-sha...

Ash root on solid beech. On strongly curved, over corner standing legs, connected by slightly intervening intermediate compartment. Outstanding saber-sha...

Highly valuable bird’s-eye maple veneer on solid pinewood bowed borders on sabre-formed conical, tapered four edged legs. Four-sided retracted pedestal on disc feet. Slender overlapping table...

19th century Classic desk Biedermeier Solid wood and mahogany veneer. Longitudinal rectangular table top with one drawers, cut-out frame for legroom and ...

Spectacular Temple Guardian Empire style table Root on solid beechwood. A classical table with three monumental, fully ...

19th Century table with Italian Pietra dura and specimen marble top.

1990s Pietra Dura mosaic inlay marble table top handmade with semiprecious blue lapis lazuli gemstone and an assortment of coloured marbles.  

A 19th century Roman Pietra Dura topped mahogany console table in the manner of Francesco Sibilio the rectangular top with navette shaped design, perhaps representing the Occhio dell...

1990s Spanish Pietra Dura inlay mosaic square table top with chess board, handmade with semiprecious gemstones including blue lapis lazuli and green ...

Classical 1990s Spanish Pietra Dura mosaic inlay white marble square table top with intricate geometric and plant ornamentation using gemstones, in...

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...