Provenance

Sold from an Italian Private Collection, Christie’s London, 5 December 2013, lot 56 for 158500£

Literature

• A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Arredi e ornamenti alla corte di Roma, 1560-1795, Milan, 2004,
pp. 182-186, nos. I-II.
• G. Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, Milan, 1970, pp. 133-134, nos. 222-223

Detail Description

Inlaid overall with foliate scrolls, the arched cresting with broken pediment centred
by a standing classical figure, flanked by urn finials, above a pair of arched and
recessed mirrored doors enclosing a fitted walnut-veneered interior with central and
side niches, above two short drawers, the lower section fitted with a sloping front
revealing a writing surface and five variously-sized drawers around a beige velvet-
lined compartment and a secret slide enclosing a further two drawers and a well,
above three long shaped drawers with cartouche-shaped lockplates, the shaped sides
inlaid conformingly and adorned with foliate-carved spandrels, on shaped bracket
feet.