An Italian gilt-bronze-pietre dure and marble-mounted ivory inlaid rosewood and parquetry table cabinet mid 17th century and later

the lid opening to reveal a carved mirror decorated with trophies and volutes and two marble paintings with two women dressed in 17th century costume holding a parrot  and feathers, above two doors opening to reveal an architectural interior, inlaid with polychrome marbles and with eight columns with gilt-bronze capitals, the central doors decorated with paintings representing a man and a woman in 17th century costume; with two frieze drawers

In overall good conserved condition. The ebonising on the inside of the cabinet has been refreshed. There are old stains and rubbing to the velvet covered compartments beneath the lids. There is oxidation to the engraved mirror panel to the inside of the lid. Old minor, marks, chips and scratches consistent with age and use. Beautiful detail to the well conserved painted panels.
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This cabinet can be compared with an example with similar decoration presented in 1651 upon the occasion of the wedding of Eleonore Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua, to the Austrian Emperor and executed most-likely by the very same workshop as  the offered cabinet.