AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT BUREAU

VENETO, MID-18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT BUREAU
VENETO, MID-18TH CENTURY
The slant front opening to reveal an interior fitted with drawers flanking a central door and writing well, above three drawers and on cabriole legs, the feet extensively restored and drawers to interior later
42¼ in. (107 cm.) high, 63½ in. (161 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The distinctive serpentine rest for the slant front along with the matched, figured burr walnut marquetry panels within darker banded borders are typical of furniture from the Veneto. Related commodes and bureaux of the same form and marquetry can been seen in C. Santini, Mille Mobile Veneti, Modena, 2002, plates 91, 107 and 135.

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