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Details
A Maltese walnut, olive-wood and inlaid serpentine chest, 18th century
Inlaid with chequer-lines and crossbanded, the overhanging top quarter-veneered with roundel inlay, containing four long drawers with a shaped apron, between rounded chequer inlaid corners and canted sides with similar roundel and quarter veneered panels, on short cabriole legs
63in. (161cm.) wide, 42in. (107cm.) high, 25in. (64.5cm.) deep
Inlaid with chequer-lines and crossbanded, the overhanging top quarter-veneered with roundel inlay, containing four long drawers with a shaped apron, between rounded chequer inlaid corners and canted sides with similar roundel and quarter veneered panels, on short cabriole legs
63in. (161cm.) wide, 42in. (107cm.) high, 25in. (64.5cm.) deep
Literature
Cf: J. Galea-Naudi and D Micallef Antique Maltese Furniture, Valletta, 1989 for similar olivewood commodes