A NORTH ITALIAN OLIVEWOOD AND WALNUT BUREAU

MID 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN OLIVEWOOD AND WALNUT BUREAU
MID 18TH CENTURY
The shaped top above a bombé hinged fall-front opening to an interior of six drawers, above three walnut-lined drawers on scrolled feet, the steel hinges and lock to fall-front replaced and with evidence of earlier locks
50½ in. (128 cm.) high, 52 in. (132 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

With its exaggerated bombé form, richly figured veneers, concave frieze drawer and swept apron, this bureau is a typical example of Lombard furniture. A closely related burr walnut bureau in a private collection in Milan is illustrated in S. Columbo, L'Arte del Legno e del Mobile in Italia, Turin, 1989, p.474.

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