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A MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO WALNUT SLANT-FRONT BUREAUX
Each with stepped serpentine top above a slant-front carved with a scrolling-foliate cartouche opening to an interior fitted with one long and three short drawers carved sans traverse with a scrolling cartouche, the cushion-moulded sides similarly carved; one fitted with three long drawers similarly carved sans traverse, the other fitted with a cupboard door, the sides of both similarly carved with scrolling foliate apron and splayed scroll feet on pads, (one possibly altered) Milanese-44in. (113cm.) high, 45in. (115cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
A virtually identical bureau is illustrated in W. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1966, vol. II, p. 154, fig. 179; related examples are illustrated in S. Colombo, L'Arte del Legno et del Mobili in Italia, 1981, fig. 389, and in G. Mondadori, Mobili Italiani del Settecento, 1990, p. 110. (2)
Each with stepped serpentine top above a slant-front carved with a scrolling-foliate cartouche opening to an interior fitted with one long and three short drawers carved sans traverse with a scrolling cartouche, the cushion-moulded sides similarly carved; one fitted with three long drawers similarly carved sans traverse, the other fitted with a cupboard door, the sides of both similarly carved with scrolling foliate apron and splayed scroll feet on pads, (one possibly altered) Milanese-44in. (113cm.) high, 45in. (115cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
A virtually identical bureau is illustrated in W. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1966, vol. II, p. 154, fig. 179; related examples are illustrated in S. Colombo, L'Arte del Legno et del Mobili in Italia, 1981, fig. 389, and in G. Mondadori, Mobili Italiani del Settecento, 1990, p. 110. (2)