{"id":70282,"date":"2026-07-09T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/product\/bottega-di-valentino-panciera-besarel-tavolino-scrittoio-in-legno-finemente-intagliato-venezia-xix-secolo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:19:50","slug":"bottega-di-valentino-panciera-besarel-tavolino-scrittoio-in-legno-finemente-intagliato-venezia-xix-secolo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/product\/bottega-di-valentino-panciera-besarel-tavolino-scrittoio-in-legno-finemente-intagliato-venezia-xix-secolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop of Valentino Panciera Besarel &#8211; Carved wood writing table. Venice, 19th century."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Workshop of Valentino Panciera Besarel &#8211; Carved wood writing table. Venice, 19th century.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A refined writing table entirely carved in wood, raised on a tripod base with crossed faux bamboo legs joined by an X-form stretcher. The book-shaped hinged top is finely engraved with floral motifs and fitted with brass clasps and hinges. Surmounting the top is an elaborate carved wood group depicting a reclining putto in the act of writing with a quill, flanked by an inkwell and two small pots, resting on a shaped base carved with acanthus leaves and a central mask.<\/p>\n<p>The piece can be attributed to the Venetian workshop of Valentino Panciera Besarel, a sculptor active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century, renowned for the naturalistic flair of his carved compositions, often animated by putti and exotic-taste subjects, as seen here in the faux bamboo legs, a typical element of the chinoiserie fashion popular in late 19th-century Venetian furnishing.<\/p>\n<p>Condition report: Overall good condition, with minor age-related wear consistent with the period. The lid of one of the two small pots is missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop of Valentino Panciera Besarel &#8211; Carved wood writing table. Venice, 19th century. A refined writing table entirely carved in wood, raised on a tripod base with crossed faux bamboo legs joined by an X-form stretcher. The book-shaped hinged top is finely engraved with floral motifs and fitted with brass clasps and hinges. Surmounting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":62658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[128],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70282","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"epoche-xix-secolo","7":"product_cat-furnitures","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/70282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=70282"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=70282"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viezziarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=70282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}