"Renaissance Style Ceremonial Chair In The Style Of Thomas Alessandri (1803 - 1883)"
Renaissance style ceremonial chair in ebonized pearwood with ivory inlays in the style of Léon Joseph Thomas Alessandri born in Ravenna in 1803 -1883, ivory manufacturer specializing in tableware. The tableware consisted of making small objects in ivory, horn or hard wood close to the work of a goldsmith. In 1844 Alessandri invented the ivory rolling machine. In 1887 he presented at the Universal Exhibition a piece of furniture in a rotunda and with a Renaissance style dome in blackened porous wood with ivory and bronze inlays visible on the ground floor of the Petit Palais in Paris Seat of the chair at the front 47 cm at the back 40 cm 
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