Large coffee table with Pietra Dura wooden top, painted seal red. Anthracite, white, ochre and green veined marble as well as cream-colored limestone and lapis lazuli. Straight frame on low, fluted and rounded legs. Square, wide profile-framed top plate. Reserves with large vase motifs, stylized flowering branches and pairs of birds on an anthracite-coloured background bordered by wide bands. In the center a parrot on a cherry branch. H. 40 cm. 137 cm x 137 cm. A large Italian red lacquered wood coffee table with Pietra Dura top. Italy. 20th century.

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