Lot 12: AN ITALIAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL, ENGRAVED IVORY, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD INLAID, KINGWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY WALL CABINET BY PIETRO PIFFETTI (1700-1777), PIEDMONTESECIRCA 1740-50

WORKS BY THE ROYAL CABINET MAKER PIETRO PIFFETTI
of serpentine form, the shaped cresting inlaid with foliage above canted scrolled corbels, the doors inlaid with a cartouche depicting a landscape with Diana seated amongst clouds above a male seated figure and his dog sleeping beneath a vine leaf and grape entwined tree, the doors opening to reveal strapwork on the inside of doors and three shaped shelves, the whole inlaid with strapwork cartouches, scrolls, husks, bellflowers and foliage
144.5cm. high, 138cm. wide, 35cm. deep; 4ft.9in., 4ft.6½in., 1ft.2in.

Roberto Antonetto, Il Mobile Piemontese nel Settecento, Vol. I, Turin, 2010, p. 276 illustrated figs. 77a, b & c.

Galleria Piva, Maastricht Antiques Fair 2005
Private European Collection