Lot Essay
The credenza bears the arms of the Monticola family of Verona.
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16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY WITH A SUPERTRUCTURE
Details
AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT CREDENZA
16th Century, possibly originally with a supertructure
The rectangular top above four fluted panelled frieze drawers with fluted round knobs above a panel centered with a strapwork cartouche carved with a bird, flanked by a pair of doors, enclosing a shelf, and a pair of panels, each carved with reeded circular motifs, the sides similarly-decorated, the front with guilloche banding overall, above a stop-fluted torus base centered by an acanthus leaf on paw feet, bearing inventory number 29232
42in. (107cm.) high, 81½in. (206.5cm.) wide, 21¼in. (54cm.) deep
16th Century, possibly originally with a supertructure
The rectangular top above four fluted panelled frieze drawers with fluted round knobs above a panel centered with a strapwork cartouche carved with a bird, flanked by a pair of doors, enclosing a shelf, and a pair of panels, each carved with reeded circular motifs, the sides similarly-decorated, the front with guilloche banding overall, above a stop-fluted torus base centered by an acanthus leaf on paw feet, bearing inventory number 29232
42in. (107cm.) high, 81½in. (206.5cm.) wide, 21¼in. (54cm.) deep
Provenance
Cattadori Collection
Acquired by French & Co. on 5 November 1926.
Sold to William Randolph Hearst 15 February 1938 ($3000).
Bequest of Mrs. Russell A. Alger, 1963.
Acquired by French & Co. on 5 November 1926.
Sold to William Randolph Hearst 15 February 1938 ($3000).
Bequest of Mrs. Russell A. Alger, 1963.