Description & Technical information

An Italian Neoclassical carved, veneered and ebonized cherry wood cylindrical pedestal cupboard with a Nero del Belgio marble top, on an unusual sliding square base.
 
Probably by Antonio Carnera after a design by Giuseppe Borsato (1770–1849) or Gaetano Manzoni (fl.1817–36)
Veneto, probably Padua, 1820–30

Date:  1820-1830
Period:  1750-1850
Medium: Carved, Design, Fruitwood, Woods, Ebony
Dimensions: 94 x 41 cm (37⁰/₁ x 16¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Private collection
By repute originally in Pappafava family
Literature: • E.Colle, Il Mobile Impero in Italia, arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1800 al 1843, Milan, 1998, pp. 235–39 and 305–15;
•Giuseppe Pavanello, Disegni per i mobili dell’appartamento neoclassico di palazzo Papafava, Trieste, 2012, pp. 117–26;
•Giuseppe Borsato, Opera Ornamentale, Milano, 1831.
Categories: Furniture