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A North Italian walnut and burr walnut bureau cabinet, Emilia-Romagna, probably Modena, mid-18th century

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

of serpentine bombé form, with a scrolled cresting, the upper section with two panelled doors fitted with shelves, the inner doors with mirrors, with a shaped fall-front opening to reveal small drawers, above two crossbanded drawers, on scrolled feet

250cm high, 140cm wide, 60cm deep; 98 3/8in., 55 1/8in., 23 5/8in.

Formerly in the Trivulzio collection, Milan;

Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla collection;

Sotheby’s, London, The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla, 14 March 2012, lot 86.

Alvar González-Palacios, Il Mobile nei secoli, Fabbri Ed. Vol.1, 1969, illustrated plate 97.

A similar bureau cabinet was sold at Replica Shoes ’s, London, 24th and 31st May 1985, lot 56.

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