Lot Essay
A credenza of similar character is in the church of Santa Maria in Vado, Ferrara and illustrated in G. Manni, Mobili in Emilia, Modena, 1986, p. 217, fig. 114.
16TH CENTURY AND LATER
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AN ITALIAN WALNUT CREDENZA
16th Century and later
The rectangular moulded top above five variously-sized drawers with raised panels and bronze handles of maiden's heads, above two doors flanked by three plain panels all with raised moulded panelling, on a moulded stepped plinth and on scrolled feet, previously with different locking mechanism, possibly Genoese
75 in. (190 cm.) wide; 39¼ in. (100 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70 cm.) deep
16th Century and later
The rectangular moulded top above five variously-sized drawers with raised panels and bronze handles of maiden's heads, above two doors flanked by three plain panels all with raised moulded panelling, on a moulded stepped plinth and on scrolled feet, previously with different locking mechanism, possibly Genoese
75 in. (190 cm.) wide; 39¼ in. (100 cm.) high; 27¾ in. (70 cm.) deep