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A Lombardy bureau with similar large scale cartouche panels to the front and sides is illustrated in S. Colombo, L'Arte del Legno e Del Mobile in Italia, 1981, fig. 396.
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SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, LOMBARDY
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A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT BUREAU
Second quarter 18th Century, Lombardy
Decorated with shaped panels framed by scrolling channelled mouldings, the later rounded rectangular top above a concave drawer, the spreading waved flap enclosing a plain walnut interior inlaid with simulated panels and with six drawers, above a panelled drawer and three further waved drawers, the side decorated with cartouche panels, on scrolling feet with later brown wash, losses to the restorations
49½ in. (126 cm.) high; 46½ in. (116 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Second quarter 18th Century, Lombardy
Decorated with shaped panels framed by scrolling channelled mouldings, the later rounded rectangular top above a concave drawer, the spreading waved flap enclosing a plain walnut interior inlaid with simulated panels and with six drawers, above a panelled drawer and three further waved drawers, the side decorated with cartouche panels, on scrolling feet with later brown wash, losses to the restorations
49½ in. (126 cm.) high; 46½ in. (116 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
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