An Italian walnut arcile, Bologna 17th century

Comparative Literature:
S.Colombo, L'Arte del legno e del mobile in Italia, Torino, 1981, fig. 289.
Graziano Manni, Mille Mobili Emiliani, Modena, 1980, pp. 27-28, figs. 14, 15, 16 & 17, p. 30-131, figs. 23 and 25 for similar examples of these arcile which were generally used to store grain.

Colombo, op. cit., fig. 289, illustrates a related arcile in the Museo Davia Bargellini, Bologna.
Another example illustrated by Franz Windisch Graetz, Möbel Europas, Vol. I, 1983, p. 173, fig. 64, is in the Museo Nazionale delle Arti e delle Tradizioni Popolari, Rome, (inv. Nr. 6695 Emilia).

A similar arcile was sold as lot 291, Sotheby's, Milan, 17th and 18th May 1993. Also see another arcile offered for sale in these Rooms, as lot 45, 31st May 1996.