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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 699534, member: 4654&quot;]I have had a reply and I&#039;m expecting a opinion from the 19thc curator but thus far it&#039;s not looking promising <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;</p><p>I have been in contact with our Registry and they do not have any files on Pietro Giusti. We do have some information on him within our department, which I will summarise for you below. Hopefully with this additional information you will be able to add to your research on your piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gisuti (1822-78) was the son of a tailor and trained from 1836 in the workshop of Angiolo Barbetti. Barbetti worked in Siena between 1827 and 1842, then moving to Florence. Giusti&nbsp; became head of the Sienese workshop, eventually following Barbetti to Florence. He worked on commissions for the Villa San Donato, concentrating on an ebony picture frame. In 1845 he returned to Siena and set up his own workshop, demonstrating a skill of neo-renaissance carving. One such example is a walnut console table exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Giusti became an exhibitor at European exhibitions and a well established teacher of carving in Siena and Turin. In 1863 he employed ten wood carvers, 24 assistant cabinet makers and over 100 pupils.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Giusti made many preparatory drawings for his pieces, and had many commissions from Europe and Britain . He produced a catalogue in 1860, in which he stated 94 percent of his commissions were for export from Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have attached a little bit more information in the word document. This is an article taken from the National Trust, Historic Houses &amp; Collections Annual 1994.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We have a frame in our collection which was purchased in order for us to have an example of mid 19th century Italian carving, and although it is said to be in the style of Giusti it has not been attributed to him.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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