Coppia di cassettoni impiallacciati ed intarsiati in legni vari Lombardia, circa 1800

due cassetti sulla fronte, centrati da tondo con figure allegoriche, sotto uno a mezza lunghezza, i piani centrati da tondo con profilo così come i fianchi, gambe ad obelisco rovesciato, uno con sul piano iscrizione N.I.R./ F.B./N; minimi restauri e minime mancanze

Both with minor woodworm minor losses and minor veneered substitutions throughout. Both with the metal handles and hole lacks substituted THE LEFT ONE IN THE CATALOGUE PICTURE The overall colour faded due two exposure to the light. The top: wavy and bending, with minor losses of veneered, the largest one of cm 6x1,5, some filled with stucco. Some lacks have been filled with stucco the largest one cm 2,5x 0,5 The leaves frame, with several horizontal cracks and minor losses filled with stucco. The edge with cracks throughout, several minor substitutions of veneered the largest one cm 7x1,5. The front vertical edge with several segments of veneered substituted the largest one cm 12 with a minor stucco filling of cm 3. The front: Cracks, minor holes and defects throughout. The top drawer: with a veneered substitutions on the right the top corner for cm 6x6,8 several lacks of veneered filled with stucco the largest one cm 2x0,5. The middle drawer: With two stucco holes by the right handle; the leaves frame with a substitutions, the largest cm 8; of cm 2x2,5 on the low left corner and of cm 1x33 from the centre to the side. The lower drawer: With a loss of veneered at the top right corner cm 2x3, on the left low corner for cm 2. The right side: With three vertical cracks, one from the top to bottom, partly filled stucco. Several pieces of veneered substituted above all, the reverse ‘L’ shaped frame for cm 14x4; cm 30x4. The left side: Bent and wavy with a vertical crack from top to bottom; minor lacks and losses throughout to bottom with a loss of material partly filled with stucco. THE RIGHT ONE IN THE CATALOGUE PICTURE: The overall colour richer and warmer several rising and bent of the veneered, c. 8x3 in the centre, several substitutions of leaves and of the black pastiglia. On the edge minor losses and substitutions of veneered throughout. The frontal vertical edge with major substitutions of the veneered with stucco filling the largest one of cm 22 to the top left. The middle drawer: With several minor lacks and substitutions on veneered throughout, the largest one cm 4x2 above the lack holes. The lower drawer: With a substitutions of veneered cm 2x12 above the left handle. The right side: With cracks stucco filling and minor substitutions throughout. The left side: Bent with three vertical cracks one from top to the bottom. Several stucco filling and veneered substitutions the largest one of cm 9x10.
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