PROPERTY FROM THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT collects ION
AN ITALIAN RED AND GREEN PORPHYRY, VITREOUS PASTE AND MARBLE TABLE TOP, ROME, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SIBILIO FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, ON A LATER EMPIRE STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND MAHOGANY BASE
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Property From The Rosalinde And Arthur Gilbert collects ion
AN ITALIAN RED AND GREEN PORPHYRY, VITREOUS PASTE AND MARBLE TABLE TOP, ROME, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SIBILIO FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, ON A LATER EMPIRE STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND MAHOGANY BASE
tabletop with a design of concentric bands inlaid with geoMetricas l patterns, with a complex star motif in the centre
82cm. high, 69.5cm. diameter; 2ft. 8¼in., 2ft. 3⅜in.
Charles J. Winston, New York, 1974.
Gilbert collects ion, Permanent Display, Somerset House, London, 2000-2007.
A. M. Massinelli, with contributions by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Hardstones: The Gilbert collects ion, London, 2000, cat. no. 24, pp. 88-89.
Related Literature
Gonzalez-Palacios,`Lavori di Sibilio', L'Armadio Delle Meraviglie, Milan, 1991, p. 86.
M. S. Newby, ‘Francesco Sibilio and the Re-use of Ancient Roman Glass in the 19th century’, Annales du 16e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre Nottingham
, 2005, pp. 401-404.
See catalogue note at Replica Shoes S.COM