Lot no. 82
A NAPOLITAN CABINET, HALF 17TH CENTURY
CABINET, NAPLES, MONOGRAMMIST VBL?, MID-17TH CENTURY
in ebonized wood with gilded bronze appliqués, front centred by a hatch opening compartment framed by two columns supporting a tympanum on which stand three figures of putti, flanked on either side by a double column with four drawers each. The entire surface shows a dense relief decoration in silver foil with racemes developed on each drawer around the knobs; sides decorated with geometric threading centred by gilded bronze handles, rests at the front on angular elements in the shape of a lion, at the back on flattened spheres, 42x83x35 cm.
Comparative literature
E. Colle, Il mobile Barocco in Italia. Arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1600 al 1738 , Milano 2000, pp. 68-69 n. 15
See original version (Italian) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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Classic furniture
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