THE FURNISHING: Pietro Piffetti and Turin.



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Small table.
The veneering is made of palisander, ebony, box-tree woods, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell. It shows inserts made of gold, silver, ivory and trimmed with silver (cm 80x87x59).

Period 1731-1733
Turin, The Royal Palace.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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Wall-table with cupboard.

The veneering is made of various, rare woods as well as ivory and mother-of-pearl (h. cm 167).

Period 1731-1733
Turin, The Royal Palace.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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Wall-table with cupboard.

The veneering is made of box-tree and palisander woods, engravings made of ivory and mother-of-pearl (h. cm 312).

Period 1736-1737
The Country Mansion, Stupinigi (Turin).

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A tipping desk with an upper part. The veneering is made of rare woods with details made of partly dyed ivory and mother-of-pearl. The selvages and the grips are made of golden bronze. (cm 233x158x58).

Period 1767-1768
A private collection, Switzerland.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A couple of chest of drawers with veneering made of engraved rare woods, with ivory and mother-of-pearl details. (cm 90x135x65).

One sample has been seen in an auction of Geri-Semenzato in 1988, the placing of the other one is unknown.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A tipping chest of drawers with bookshelves, with the veneering made of rare woods and tortoiseshell. The engravings are made of ivory while decorations of golden wood. (h. cm 350).

Period 1738.
Accorsi Foundation, Turin.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A tipping chest of drawers with bookshelves, with the veneering made of rare woods and tortoiseshell. The engravings are made of ivory while decorations of golden wood. (h. cm 308).

Period 1738.
Roma, Palazzo del Quirinale.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A tipping chest of drawers with bookshelves, with the veneering made of rare woods, painted ivory (to make it similar to the mother-of-pearl), tortoiseshell and silvery inserts. (cm 82x90x52).

Torino, Fondazione Accorsi.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A tipping desk, with the veneering of the elevation made of rare woods, refined with ivory. (cm 223x77,4x47,6).

Detroit, Institute of Art.

Author: Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777).


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A wall desk with the veneering made of ebony and palisander woods; the engravings are made of ivory with golden bronze ornaments (cm 98x99x44).

Period 1723.
Turin, The Royal Palace.

Author: Luigi Prinotto (1715-1792).


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A chest of drawers veneered of palisander, box-tree, ebony and violet woods, walnut tree brier, with engravings made of ivory and mother-of-pearl.

Period 1736.
Private collection.

Author: Luigi Prinotto (1715-1792).


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A wall desk with the veneering made of ebony and palisander woods, the engravings are made of ivory with golden bronze ornaments (cm 102x103x52).

Period 1736.
Turin, Museum of Ancient Arts.

Author: Luigi Prinotto (1715-1792).


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A wall tipping desk, veneered of pink, violet and palisander woods, with engravings made of ivory, box-tree wood, mother-of-pearl and golden bronze decorations (cm 96x65x32).

Period 1775.
The Country Mansion, Stupinigi (Turin).

Author: Giovanni Battista Galletti.


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A table veneered of palisander and walnut wood, with walnut tree brier and box-tree wood. The engravings are made of ivory and mother-of-pearl while the decorations are made of golden bronze (cm 76,5x90x56).

Period 1776.
The Country Mansion, Stupinigi (Turin).

Author: Giovanni Battista Galletti.


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A desk veneered of mahogany with threads made of ebony and maple woods, with details made of golden bronze (cm 114x81x57 ).

Private collection.

Author: Giuseppe Viglione.

 

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