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An Italian mid-19th century mother of pearl and ivory inlaid macassar ebony, fruitwood and marquetry centre table in the manner of the Falcini brothers, Florence
9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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An Italian mid-19th century mother of pearl and ivory inlaid macassar ebony, fruitwood and marquetry centre table
in the manner of the Falcini brothers, Florence
the hexagonal top inlaid with flowers and foliage, on spiral-twist turned supports joined by conforming stretchers with scroll feet and castors, 75cm wide, 75cm deep, 75cm high (29 1/2in wide, 29 1/2in deep, 29 1/2in high).
the hexagonal top inlaid with flowers and foliage, on spiral-twist turned supports joined by conforming stretchers with scroll feet and castors, 75cm wide, 75cm deep, 75cm high (29 1/2in wide, 29 1/2in deep, 29 1/2in high).
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Literature:
Simone Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana 1780-1900, Firenze, 1994.
Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, La Toscana e l'Italie Settentrional, Vol. II, Milan, 1986.
The workshops of the Falcini family were established in the early 19th century in the small town of Campi, near Florence, by Gaetano Giuseppe Falcini (d. 1846). In the late 1820s, Luigi, the latter's eldest son (d. 1861), opened a bottega in the via del Fosso, Florence, and was later joined by his brother Angiolo (d. 1850). The first piece to be exhibited by the Falcini brothers was a prize-winning marquetry table shown at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence in 1836, and subsequently purchased by Grand Duke Leopold II for his private collection. The firm continued to exhibit at the Academy throughout the 1840s and completed important commissions for a number of prominent patrons, among which Prince Anatole Demidoff, the Duchess of Castigliano and Countess Borghese. After the death of Angiolo Falcini in 1850, Luigi was joined by his two sons, Alessandro and Cesare, who continued the business until 1882. The Falcini brothers exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 to great acclaim.