Lot Essay
A similar bureau-cabinet on stand with landscape paintings to the the surfaces is illustrated in A. Disertori et al., Il Mobile del Settecento, Novara, 1996, p. 22.
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FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PIEDMONT
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A NORTH ITALIAN CREAM AND GREEN-DECORATED BUREAU-CABINET ON STAND
First half 18th Century, probably Piedmont
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage and strapwork, the double- squared arched top above a pair of mirror-panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with twelve variously-sized pigeon-holes and two small paper-lined drawers, above a slide, the bureau section with a sloping flap enclosing a fitted interior with seven variously-sized small drawers and four pigeon-holes, the flap with a book stop, above two short and two long green paper-lined drawers, on square tapering legs with pinched capitals and joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher, on bun feet, minor refreshments to the decoration, the interiors redecorated
69½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (66.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep
First half 18th Century, probably Piedmont
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage and strapwork, the double- squared arched top above a pair of mirror-panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with twelve variously-sized pigeon-holes and two small paper-lined drawers, above a slide, the bureau section with a sloping flap enclosing a fitted interior with seven variously-sized small drawers and four pigeon-holes, the flap with a book stop, above two short and two long green paper-lined drawers, on square tapering legs with pinched capitals and joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher, on bun feet, minor refreshments to the decoration, the interiors redecorated
69½ in. (176.5 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (66.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep