Lot 144
144
AN ITALIAN ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRE DURA TABLE CABINET
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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRE DURA TABLE CABINET

SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLORENTINE

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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRE DURA TABLE CABINET
SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLORENTINE
Of architectural form, decorated throughout with strapwork panels inset with hardstones including lapis, porphyry and agate, with a hinged lid and an arrangement of multiple deep and shallow drawers divided by columns and balustrades with various pediments and arched niches (probably originally enclosing standing figures), the sides similarly inlaid, and with two frieze drawers in the plinth on gilt brass feet
37in. (94cm.) high; 34in. (87cm.) wide; 18in. (46cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1990, lot 44.
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Lot Essay

Two related cabinets are displayed at the Peterhof Palace, St.Petersberg, one is illustrated in a booklet The State Museum-Reserve at Petrodvorets, (Peterhof), 1991.
Another related cabinet is illustrated in M. Riccardi-Cubitt, The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, pls. 24 and 25.

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