A Fine Florentine mid-19th century ebony, fruitwood, mother of pearl and ivory floral marquetry centre tableAttributed to Luigi and Angelo FalciniThe rectangular top profusely inlaid with a central bouquet of flowers including lily-of-the-valley, daisies, roses and bell-flowers, the corners inlaid with acanthus leaves and all adorned with birds and insects on scrolled end supports united by a stretcher, labelled to the underside: Oristano, 145.5cm wide x 73cm deep x 84cm high, (57in wide x 28.5in deep x 33in high)注脚The workshops of the Falcini family were established in the early 19th century in the small town of Campi, near Florence, by Gaetano Giuseppe Falcini (d. 1846). In the late 1820s, Luigi, the latter's eldest son (d. 1861), opened a bottega in the via del Fosso, Florence, and was later joined by his brother Angiolo (d. 1850). The first piece to be exhibited by the Falcini brothers was a prize-winning marquetry table shown at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence in 1836, and subsequently purchased by Grand Duke Leopold II for his private collection. The firm continued to exhibit at the Academy throughout the 1840s and completed important commissions for a number of prominent patrons, among which Prince Anatole Demidoff, the Duchess of Castigliano and Countess Borghese. After the death of Angiolo Falcini in 1850, Luigi was joined by his two sons, Alessandro and Cesare, who continued the business until 1882. The Falcini brothers exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 to great acclaim.