An Italian late baroque gilt a mecca walnut, burr walnut, fruitwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid tabernacle, Veneto early 18th century

the bulbous canopy above an open compartment, the front tabernacle door opening to a single compartment flanked by six Solomonic columns, on a plinth base and later stand; regilt, restorations

Overall marks and scratches consistent with age and use; re-varnished. Minor losses and restorations. The right part of broken pediment is later; the front columns and plinth mouldings possibly replaced; the stem broken and repaired; the cross re-glued.
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Although probably made for private devotion in a family chapel, this tabernacle shares some resemblances with a number that are still present in the churches of the Veneto region of Northern Italy, such as the tabernacle in the Oratorio della Trinità, Vicenza.