THE BORGHESE BOOKCASES
AN ITALIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED CHERRYWOOD BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
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AN ITALIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED CHERRYWOOD BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
1814, BY KARL ROOS, WITH MOUNTS BY GIUSEPPE SPAGNA, AFTER DESIGNS BY GIUSEPPE VALADIER
With a molded triangular pediment surmounted by four marble busts of Roman dignitaries and centered by a patinated urn after the Antique, the pediment centered by the Borghese crest of a gryphon beneath a coronet above a ribbon-tied garland frieze, the central partly mirrored door with a band of ormolu stars and rosettes enclosing a blue-painted interior with shelves flanked by further glazed doors divided by columns, the central door flanked by grisaille-painted panels of urns issuing foliage and arabesques in the manner of Piranesi on a blue ground, the base with a central slide with a contemporary green leather panel embossed with the monogram 'CP' above a pair of panelled doors flanked by single doors centered by ribbon-tied garlands, on a plinth with later ebonised block feet, alterations to side moldings, formerly fitted, the marble busts 19th century, one of a later date
150½in. (382.5cm.) high, 99¾in. (253.5cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep
1814, BY KARL ROOS, WITH MOUNTS BY GIUSEPPE SPAGNA, AFTER DESIGNS BY GIUSEPPE VALADIER
With a molded triangular pediment surmounted by four marble busts of Roman dignitaries and centered by a patinated urn after the Antique, the pediment centered by the Borghese crest of a gryphon beneath a coronet above a ribbon-tied garland frieze, the central partly mirrored door with a band of ormolu stars and rosettes enclosing a blue-painted interior with shelves flanked by further glazed doors divided by columns, the central door flanked by grisaille-painted panels of urns issuing foliage and arabesques in the manner of Piranesi on a blue ground, the base with a central slide with a contemporary green leather panel embossed with the monogram 'CP' above a pair of panelled doors flanked by single doors centered by ribbon-tied garlands, on a plinth with later ebonised block feet, alterations to side moldings, formerly fitted, the marble busts 19th century, one of a later date
150½in. (382.5cm.) high, 99¾in. (253.5cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep
來源
Commissioned by Princess Pauline Borghese for her husband Prince Camillo Borghese for the library in the Palazzo Borghese, Rome, 1814
By descent to Prince Paolo Borghese, Villa Taverna-Borghese Frascati, after 1860
Sold with the villa and its contents to Commendatore Saverio Parisi, 1897
By descent in the Parisi family until sold, Semenzato, Rome, 1968
By descent to Prince Paolo Borghese, Villa Taverna-Borghese Frascati, after 1860
Sold with the villa and its contents to Commendatore Saverio Parisi, 1897
By descent in the Parisi family until sold, Semenzato, Rome, 1968