Lot Essay
A 16th Century bureau cabinet employing a similar inlay technique of 'a la certosina' marquetry is illustrated in C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Milan, 1980, pp. 84-85, figs. 111 and 112.
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PROBABLY VENICE, MID 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY REUSING EARLIER PANELS OF MARQUETRY
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A NORTH ITALIAN BONE-INLAID, EBONY AND WALNUT INLAID SIDE TABLE
PROBABLY VENICE, MID 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY REUSING EARLIER PANELS OF MARQUETRY
The parquetry top with serpentine front and back edges and inset circular corners, above a frieze drawer and a further smaller drawer flanking the kneehole, on cabriole legs with ormolu sabot feet
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 34 in. (86 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
PROBABLY VENICE, MID 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY REUSING EARLIER PANELS OF MARQUETRY
The parquetry top with serpentine front and back edges and inset circular corners, above a frieze drawer and a further smaller drawer flanking the kneehole, on cabriole legs with ormolu sabot feet
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 34 in. (86 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep