A Fine North Italian first quarter 19th century walnut, fruitwood and rosewood marquetry secrétaire à abbatantIn the manner of Giovanni Maffezzoli (1776-1818)With a frieze drawer above a fall profusely inlaid with an architectural interior, figures and a dog enclosing a fitted interior of pigeon holes, drawers and secret compartments flanked by acanthus-leaf inlaid columns above a plan drawer and two further drawers flanked by scrolled corbels on parcel gilt lion paws on block feet, 104cm wide x 54cm deep x 177cm high, (40.5in wide x 21in deep x 69 1/2in high)注脚Giovanni Maffezzoli was from Cremona and a pupil of Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814), joining Maggiolini as an apprentice at the age of fifteen. His style included the use of large architectural scenes incorporating classical ruins and buildings into his furniture and his ability to give perspective to his inlay such as seen in the fall of the above lot was distinctive feature of his work. A commode with comparable marquetry, possibly by Maffezzoli (Figures amongst Classical buildings with a sense of perspective) was sold at Christie's London, South Kensington, 14 May 2008, La Strada Romana - Works of Art from a Private Roman Collection, lot 252.