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17 janvier 2017

The Pietro Piffetti personal bombe commode, Italy, Turin, Circa 1760

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Pietro Piffetti (Turin 1701 - Turin 1777), The Pietro Piffetti personal bombe commode, Italy, Turin, Circa 1760. Walnut briar, ebony, boxwood and ormolu mounts, 83 x 125 x 57 cm. Burzio at Brafa Art Fair, Brussels, 21-29 january 2017

It was the third(N.3) of fourteen works of art by Piffetti in a lottery that took place in November 1779 in Turin, following his death. “N.3.Two commodes shaped as urns in walnut briar with four drawers with low profiles, in three rows resembling ribbons and ebony bands with gilt bronze mounts forming lion heads bearing rings in their mouth." 

Burzio. Antiques and Works of Art, 38 Dover Street, at R+V,  London W1S4NL, United Kingdom

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