Writing Desk Marco Calestrini Neoclassical Florence Italy Late 1700

Rectangular coffee table supported by four truncated pyramidal legs that end with a spinning top shaped foot and that present an architectural bottleneck before joining in the bands; under the top a drawer is hidden in a band.
The cabinet is veneered with maple reserves inlaid with cherry, stained maple, and chestnut.
On the legs and on the edges of the top are inlaid motifs that simulate, thanks to the different shades of the woods, gouge carvings.
In the reserves on the edges of the top and of the bands a motif of ivy branches held by the mustache of a mask in the middle is inlaid.
Small vase-shaped candelabras are inlaid in the reserves on the edges; the large central reserve of the top is veneered.