Pietro Piffetti
Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777) was a Piedmontese cabinetmaker, regarded as among the foremost Italian exponents of this art in the eighteenth century, active at the court of the House of Savoy in Turin [1][2].
Training in Turin
New archival discoveries, published in the volume «Pietro Piffetti. Gli esordi a Torino e l'incontro con Filippo Juvarra» by Piedmontese scholar Claudio Cagliero (L'Artistica Editrice), document Piffetti's early career in the workshop of Ludovico De Rossi, his first master [1][2].
The meeting with Filippo Juvarra
The artistic partnership between Piffetti and the architect Filippo Juvarra arose around the discovery of a previously unknown mazarin desk, made as a pair with the one held in the Civic Museum of Ancient Art (Museo Civico d'Arte Antica) in Turin and linked to one of the most powerful families of France [2]. The discovery allows the introduction of polychrome ivory inlay in Turin to be dated back to the 1720s [2].
Cagliero's volume is presented on 13 November 2026, at 6.30pm, in the Salone d'Onore of the Stupinigi Hunting Lodge (Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi), with contributions from the author himself, art historian Arabella Cifani and cultural heritage diagnostics expert Thierry Radelet [1].
Sources
- Il Torinese — 5 November 2026
- La Stampa — 10 November 2026