By: SIMONE SOMEKH
Italian police said Tuesday they had recovered an 18th-century ebony desk that was illegally taken abroad after World War II and ended up for a time on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The desk, made with ivory and mother of pearl inlays, is considered a masterpiece of Pietro Piffetti, one of the most important ebony carpenters of his time. Italy's carabinieri art squad police unit said the desk was believed to be worth more than 2 million euros ($2.3 million).
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