Enrico Marchetti’s output is an interesting juxtaposition of personal style and expert imitation of Piedmontese models that may have crossed the line into forgery, especially during the Cuorgné period of his career. In his signed work more personal touches include an elongated head shape with painted scroll chamfers, purfling that extends deep into the corners, and occasionally a two-layered application of varnish, with a harder yellow first coat followed by a softer red. Late in his career Marchetti’s work becomes more haphazard and his original features more extreme, especially the tilted f-holes, and is of marked contrast stylistically to earlier periods.
Some later works from the 1920s show the hand of his assistant, Anselmo Curletto. Marchetti also trained his son, Edoardo, who predeceased him by four years.