COPPIA DI TAVOLI DA GIOCO IMPIALLACCIATI IN LEGNO... Lot n° 435

book-top entirely inlaid with naturalistic motifs and large central reserve with stylized racemes, rosettes in rounded corners, drawer in front in mixed-line band, legs topped with large curl and zoomorphic foot, the rear ones opening to gate for top support; defects, minor scratches, yellowing in paint, a few traces of woodworm, restorations, some legs to be consolidated, the opening system to be overhauled H. cm 75, W. cm 86, D. cm 42.5 Open, w. cm 86, d. cm 86 A PAIR OF WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT VENEERED GAMING TABLES, MODENA, 18TH CENTURY; DEFECTS, MINOR SCRATCHES, YELLOWINGS, FEW WOODWORM TRACES, RESTORATIONS, SOME LEGS TO BE FIXED, OPEN SYSTEM TO BE SERVICED (2) This pair of tables is part of a corpus of furniture with similar characteristics historically traced back to Modenese cabinetmaking of about the mid-18th century. Many of the gaming ones are known to studies and preserved mostly in private collections; several show in the lids a varied sampling of aesthetic solutions made of fine naturalistic inlays in various woods on bottoms often in walnut briar. Graziano Manni publishes one (among many) with stylized rosettes at the corners, a stylistic feature that allows us to attribute ours to the same, albeit anonymous, ducal workshop (Mobili antichi in Emilia Romagna, Modena 1993, pp. 240, no. 513). Finally, for comparison, mention should be made of a pair of examples of similar taste passed in a Wannenes Genoa sale on March 3, 2020 (auction 306, lot 122). Reference bibliography: G. Manni, A Thousand Emilian Furniture. L'arredo domestico in Emilia-Romagna dal sec. XVI al sec. XIX, Modena 1981, pp. 184-186 G. Manni, op. cit., Modena 1993, pp. 240-243 E. Colle, The rococo furniture in Italy, Milan 2003, pp. 292