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An Italian 19th century bronzed wood and beechwood pier mirror and console table in the manner of Luigi Frullini
9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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An Italian 19th century bronzed wood and beechwood pier mirror and console table
in the manner of Luigi Frullini
the upper part surmounted by a shield and crossed halberd trophy, the bevelled mirror flanked by free-standing columns bearing armorial shields, the console with a putti decorated medallion above a music trophy panel back flanked by griffon supports, with elaborate bronzed mouldings and applied motifs throughout, 167cm wide, 45cm deep, 347cm high (65 1/2in wide, 17 1/2in deep, 136 1/2in high).
the upper part surmounted by a shield and crossed halberd trophy, the bevelled mirror flanked by free-standing columns bearing armorial shields, the console with a putti decorated medallion above a music trophy panel back flanked by griffon supports, with elaborate bronzed mouldings and applied motifs throughout, 167cm wide, 45cm deep, 347cm high (65 1/2in wide, 17 1/2in deep, 136 1/2in high).
Footnotes
The celebrated carver Luigi Frullini (1839-97) was active during the latter half of the 19th century, producing, to critical acclaim, Renaissance revival objects and furniture from his Florentine workshop at 8 via Santa Caterina. He exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition, the Paris Expositions Universelles of 1867 and 1878, Vienna in 1873 and Philadelphia in 1876 (see Meyer, op. cit., for illustrations from the 1876 and 1878 exhibitions). Already known locally, his travels to London and Paris, were undoubtedly important in increasing his client base. In the years following the exhibitions, he obtained important commissions for the daughter of Queen Victoria and for the daughter of the Grand duchess of Russia (S. Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana 1780-1900, Florence, 1994, pp.312-315, 474-477).
Frullini's illustrious private English patrons included Sir William Drake, for whom he produced an entire drawing room, commissioned through William Blundel Spence.
In America, Frullini produced an entire dining room and library for tycoon William S. Wetmore's Newport residence Château-Sur-Mer.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art retains a suite of library and dining room furniture by Frullini.
Further examples of his work can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna.
Literature:
Jonathan Meyer, Great Exhibitions 1851-1900, London, 2006, pp. 223, 226, 230, 252.