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Andrea Picchi born in Florence in 1823, was a well-known ebonist who framed works of art for special clients such as Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, for whom he framed a pair of tondi after paintings by Fra Angelico (15th century), executed by Diomede della Bruna, a Florentine painter born in 1839. He also framed for Umberto I and his wife Queen Margherita of Savoy,two works by Tito Chelazzi (an oil painting of daisies (after the queen's name, Margherita, which means "daisy") and a mirror (roses thea painted on glass the royal couple had comissioned from this painter, he too a sought-after artist by European royal families. After some years in Via della Vigna Nuova,Picchi moved to Via Maggio,28, where he developped his artistry in carving ebony, a dense yet fine textured black wood. An example of his artistry is the frame firstly referred in this article " Elaborate, octagonal Baroque style frame with flame-carved border, ebony with part-gilt bronze fittings and 16 set carnelians each" as described in the 56th Hermann Historica Auction held in Munich(06-10.2008). But his masterpiece in carving would be the excepcionally beautiful ebony and ivory cabinet in the style of the Italian Renaissance Picchi presented in the 1867 Paris Exhibition, though with " a marked similarity in this design to that of a 17th century cabinet(...)"as Frederick Litchfiel points out in his History of Furniture.In fact, when comparing the pictures of the two cabinets in Litchfiel's book,one may doubt if it is a mere coincidence or not. Nevertheless Picchi's cabinet remains a jewel of carving and an example of mastering ivory and ebony. Now in oblivion, only his oval stamp on the verso of some ebony framed works of the 19th century calls out "Andrea Picchi, ebanista, Via Maggio, No. 28, Firenze