Angiolo Barbetti
Angiolo Barbetti was a skilled carver, designer and decorator, with a flourishing atelier in Florence during the 19th century. After working in his father Massimiliano's atelier in Siena, he took up an apprenticeship with Giovacchino Guidi (d. 1842), considered one of Siena's finest ebenisti. By 1826–27, he had established a workshop on the Piazza San Giovanni, Siena and exhibited his first works at the Istituto delle Belle Arti, Siena, in 1830. In 1842, Barbetti moved his workshop to Florence, establishing himself near the ponte alle Grazie. Important commissions from this period included carvings for the interiors of Villa San Donato for Prince Anatoly Demidoff. Barbetti took part in many of the international exhibitions of the second half of the 19th century, including the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, where he was awarded a medal for a suite of carved walnut furniture. Following the exhibition, the suite of furniture was purchased by the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum, where it remains today. Joined in the business by his four sons Rafaello, Egisto, Ottavio and Rinaldo by the beginning of 1860, the firm of Barbetti continued to find international success exhibiting successfully at the 1861 Florence exhibition, the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
1860s Italian High Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Walnut
1840s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Walnut
1870s French High Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Marble, Hardwood
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Leather, Pine
1850s English High Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Burl
20th Century English Chinoiserie Angiolo Barbetti
Wood
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Leather, Oak
1980s English Post-Modern Vintage Angiolo Barbetti
Stainless Steel
19th Century English Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Angiolo Barbetti
Yew
1880s English High Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Leather, Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Mahogany
1840s Italian Early Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Leather, Walnut
1860s English High Victorian Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Angiolo Barbetti
Walnut