Lot Essay
A similar slant-front bureau from Parma is illustrated in G. Cirillo and G. Godi, Il Mobile a Parma Fra Barocco e Romanticismo 1600-1860, 1983, p.199, no. 554.
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AN ITALIAN NEO-CLASSIC BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT SLANT-FRONT BUREAU
With rectangular top above a slant-front enclosing a shaped open compartment framed by two drawers incised with scrolling foliage above a pair of panelled cabinet doors enclosing a shelf, the sides similarly panelled, the frieze carved with Greek key on short fluted tapering legs, one drawer inscribed indistinctly in ink -39¾in. (101cm.) high, 52½in. (133.5cm.) wide, 22¼in. (56.5cm.) deep
With rectangular top above a slant-front enclosing a shaped open compartment framed by two drawers incised with scrolling foliage above a pair of panelled cabinet doors enclosing a shelf, the sides similarly panelled, the frieze carved with Greek key on short fluted tapering legs, one drawer inscribed indistinctly in ink -39¾in. (101cm.) high, 52½in. (133.5cm.) wide, 22¼in. (56.5cm.) deep