A Wonderful Mid 18thC Italian Painted Pine Chapel Dedication Plaque for the Grassi Family, Dated to 1755 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles 5 inches (all approximate and

5 inches (all approximate and at maximum)

This superb assemblage is a fine example of this variant of tromp l’oeil

the arms with scrolled ends

and the solid walnut whole is structurally sound

The condition of the sphere is superb with very few blemishes and a good array of small air bubbles can be seen within it

A Wonderful Mid 18thC Italian Painted Pine Chapel Dedication Plaque for the Grassi Family, Dated to 1755 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles 5 inches (all approximate andOrigin: Italian, Probably Rome Period: Settecento Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1755 Height: 24 Width: 30 Depth: 1. 5 (all in frame) Dating from the Settecento period the mid eighteenth century painted softwood chapel dedication panel in its original pine and gesso frame with hand painted script on a series of five boards headed DOM for Deo Optimo Maximo over a weighty Latin text for the Grassi family surviving from the middle of eighteenth century