AN ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE AND PIETRE DURE MOUNTED EBONY CABINET-ON-STAND FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY |

of architectural form, the central door enclosing a parquetry floor and an arrangement of small drawers with a frieze drawer above and below, flanked by two smaller niche fronted doors, which also enclose small drawers and with frieze drawers above and below and four further small sprung drawers between the niches, on later stand

Riccardi-Cubitt, M. The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, p.154, fig.122

In overall good condition. Missing statuette above main broken pediment. Two drawers on the right handside of central niche open easily but do not close fully, due to spring. Gilt-bronze gallery slightly tarnished. Columns slightly rotating, however are securely fixed. Ebony surface with minor chips, old marks and scratches consistent with age and use. Sides with vertical cracks consistent with age and use. Sides to upper sections with signs of movement of ebony veneers consistent with age and use, which appear to be stable. Generally in very good order and an impressive piece.
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