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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE BURL WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET
With arched moulded pediment surmunted by foliate-carved finials, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing an interior fitted with sixteen open compartments above a pair of candle-slides and slant-front opening to a sliding pair of pigeon holes, short drawers and a central cupboard door above a well, the serpentine base fitted with four long drawers, on short cabriole legs, inlaid throughout with scrolling foliate arabesques terminating in grotesque masks, eagles' heads and herms, the cupboard doors, slant front and sides inlaid with mythological figures, some inlaid with incised bone - 97in. (246.5cm.) high, 41½in. (105cm.) wide, 23in. (58.5cm.) deep
With arched moulded pediment surmunted by foliate-carved finials, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing an interior fitted with sixteen open compartments above a pair of candle-slides and slant-front opening to a sliding pair of pigeon holes, short drawers and a central cupboard door above a well, the serpentine base fitted with four long drawers, on short cabriole legs, inlaid throughout with scrolling foliate arabesques terminating in grotesque masks, eagles' heads and herms, the cupboard doors, slant front and sides inlaid with mythological figures, some inlaid with incised bone - 97in. (246.5cm.) high, 41½in. (105cm.) wide, 23in. (58.5cm.) deep