Neoclassical Coffee Table Lombardy Late 18th Century

Writing table supported by four truncated pyramid legs connected to the bands by inlaid brackets; under the top there is a drawer with a writing surface and in the band a drawer. Veneered in walnut, it is completely inlaid with various woods, in the reserves of the bands a medallion with a classical profile is held by festoons and opposing spirals consisting of cornucopias and floral motifs, on the top a central reserve with a musical panoply with instruments and a book with "Homer" engraved. Made with a dark stucco background are the inlays of the brackets, legs and the edge of the top, where leaf motifs alternate with rosettes and military panoplies placed on the edges of the bands. The top has a raised edge with a free space on the front, made of maple. The piece of furniture can be attributed to one of the workshops of Giuseppe Maggiolini's students who worked in Milan at the turn of the century. The most productive and the one that produced similar furnishings was that of the monogrammist GBM, alias Giovan Battista Maroni.