FLORENCE, MID-17TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN BRASS-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONIZED SCAGLIOLA TABLE CABINET
FLORENCE, MID-17TH CENTURY
The interior of the drawers with architectural views enclosing various drawers
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 4 June 2014, lot 583.

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Lot Essay

For similar Florentine table cabinets see M. Riccardi-Cubitt, The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, p. 74 and Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 5 July 2013, lot 106 (£73,875 with premium).

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