Mahogany and gilt bronze
cm. 93,5 x 62,5 x h. 77,5
Francesco Giorgi
Constructed for the Grand Duchess Maria Luisa, the wife of Ferdinand III, as part of the plan she herself drew up and affectionately dedicated to her husband, it is a refined example of Neo-classical taste, which marked a return to geometric and constructional simplification after Rococo plasticism.
The tapering legs are lightened by an accentuated narrowing at the base of the upper parallelepipid joining the crosses; they are embellished by moulded frames, feet and crowns with plant motifs, attributed to the bronze-worker Vincenzo Bini.
These metal parts, picked up in the crosses and top, are today in gilded brass (replacing the original gilded bronze) with the use of different earth-casting techniques, lathing and milling of listels and embossing of sheet.
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