A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE-INLAID CENTER TABLE THE MARBLE TOP ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO RAFFAELLI, ROME OR MILAN, CIRCA 1800-1810, THE BASE POSSIBLY BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI, ROME, CIRCA 1770-1775

A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE-INLAID CENTER TABLE
THE MARBLE TOP ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO RAFFAELLI, ROME OR MILAN, CIRCA 1800-1810, THE BASE POSSIBLY BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI, ROME, CIRCA 1770-1775
The rectangular white marble top inset with various semi-precious hardstones including amethyst, Sicilian and Corsican jasper, German agate, sardonyx agate, carnelian and lapis lazuli, arranged in a lozenge pattern around a central oval panel of German agate, within two narrow borders of Sicilian jasper and a gilt-bronze beaded outer rim, the frieze of the base inset with rectangular panels of red, green and rose jasper, supported by uprights in the form of male herms, two with beards, two without, each flanked by twinned female caryatids, each long frieze centered by flower and fruit-filled cornucopiae, the tapering herms terminating in hoof feet, with extensive numbering and lettering throughout, the iron stretcher under the top pounced with the letter S twice, the back of the male herms' loincloths on each leg with a pierced hole, originally intended to house connecting rods to attach internally the two main elements of the leg
33. 3/4 in. (86 cm.) high, 30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance
Private Collection, Narbonne, France; sold Maître André Meyzen, Narbonne, 31 March, 2001, lot 14 (€975,673).
With Steinitz, Paris.
Private American Collection, Los Angeles.