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Florentine Cabinet-on-Stand

Florentine Cabinet-on-Stand
This elaborate bureau is a Florentine ebony cabinet-on-stand, made about 1708. The designer, Giovanni Battista Foggini, trained as a sculptor in Rome. The piece features pietre dure panels, gilt-bronze mounts, and red marble pilasters.
Art Resource, NY
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