Eugenio Quarti & Carlo Bugatti, center table

Ref #: CT27

Center table by Atelier Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940) & Eugenio Quarti (1867-1929), top signed twice by Quarti. Of rectangular form; in walnut, ebonized wood and vellum with inlays in pewter (including two Quarti signatures); hammered wrought copper plates and column wrappers, bone dentil carvings. Similar, if more complex, model by Carlo Bugatti in permanent collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Eugenio Quarti, extraordinary furniture designer in his own right, worked in Carlo Bugatti’s atelier in 1880’s/90’s; pair collaborated on a number of pieces, some of which Quarti signed.

Age: Early 1890’s

Origin: Milan, Italy

Measurements: 39 1/4″ w, 27 1/2″ d, 31″ h