AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL BONE-INLAID PARCEL-EBONIZED WALNUT TABLE CABINET

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AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL BONE-INLAID PARCEL-EBONIZED WALNUT TABLE CABINET
BY FEDERICO LANCETTI OF PERUGIA

With a domed rectangular moulded cornice surmounted by finials centering a crest carved with grotesque masks supporting a plaque inscribed 'Perugia Anno MDCCCXXXI' above a case fitted with three frieze spring-activated drawers the central door inlaid with a plaque inscribed 'Leoni XII P.M. QUINQUAGES-SACERDOTH NATALI ORDO CANOLOR-PERUSIN', above a fall-front door centrally inlaid with a portrait enclosing a geometrically inlaid fitted interior flanked by similarly paneled and inlaid doors over three drawers and a shaped apron on reeded baluster feet, label reads 'Frederico Lancetti, Intar siatore Della R. Casa Fabb, TE Mobili Bicliardi E. DCNI Cenere di Lavori in Lecnami Perugia Macchine Da Cucire ed Accessorii Deposito of Piano-Forte e musica'--33½in. (85cm.) high, 34in. (86cm.) wide, 10¼in.(26cm.) deep

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