Ancient Neoclassical Chest of Drawers Mascarone '700 Walnut Veneer - Lombardy late XIX Century

Piacenza, Late XVIII Century

Pair of chests of drawers with walnut veneer, walnut root and bois de rose, maple and boxwood trim; inlaid rosettes with shading on tops, sides and fronts with three drawers. Retractable chain that allows the continuity of the inlay. Interior in fir and original locks. One seatback has been replaced.

Italy Last quarter of the 18th century

Lombard neoclassical chest of drawers veneered in briar walnut with borders in bois de rose and violets, Italy, last quarter of the 18th century. On the front, the three drawers as well as the sides are framed by a relief frame, highlighted by the uprights where the pilasters have a third order of projection that outlines the architectural character of the piece of furniture. On the sides as on the frote, thanks to the flush drawers with retractable chain, we find reserves in walnut briar inlaid in boxwood and maple, with floral and phytomorphic motifs arranged circularly and vase elements. On the frames of the reserves are Greek inlaid with successive leaves and on the uprights motifs with sloping discs. Feet in a jar. Top in Bardiglio gray marble replaced, restorations. The piece of furniture presents in the taste of the inlay and in the arrangement of the same, different points of contact with the work of Mortarino both in the furniture attributed to him and in the certain ones; to this example the inlaid motifs on the uprights are reflected in the side borders of the two Mantuan dressers. See Enrico Sala, Maggiolini & Co.

Sideboard designed by Carlo Scarpa and produced by Bernini since 1977 has four doors with double cylinder side elements. High quality furniture, it is made of national walnut wood. The manufacturing brands are present.

Italy, Second Quarter XIX Century

Ancient safe from the restoration period with internal walnut structure and iron cladding decorated with studs, Italy second quarter of the 19th century. Front with door decorated with lozenge elements and applied faces in classic bronze style; Steel door lock mechanism embellished with rosettes, leafy frets and engraved phytomorphic elements. Interior equipped with document compartments, six drawers, pair of shaped shelves and compartment located in the lower section, the latter hidden under a folding door with lock. Keys present. Small shortcomings.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Queen Anne flap supported by shelf feet, on the front it has three drawers surmounted by a pair of small drawers, flanked by pull-out drawers to support the flap opening door, concealing a cabinet with compartments for documents, drawers and central door. In walnut and walnut burl.

Lombardy, Late XIX Century

Carved cupboard with urn-shaped riser, antique breccia top, front with two doors, uprights at 45 degrees. The whole structure of the piece of furniture is veneered with Indian walnut, thuya briar and is richly carved with maple worked with floral motifs. Carving with medallions with cherubs in nature surmounted by a fern branch contained in a pointed arch vault within the reserves of the doors decorated with four carved nozzles. Carvings also present on the uprights and on the corners, key with handle with liberty motifs. Ferdinando Pogliani was a furniture maker whose most frequent production concerned the use of ebony and ivory, a bedroom signed by him has recently been put on the market which corresponds to the structural and decorative characteristics of this sideboard. Pogliani was born in Milan in 1832 and ran a boutique in Porta Vittoria and a shop in via Montenapoleone together with his sons Carlo, Giuseppe and Paolo.

Cupboard with Showcase

Small sideboard with two doors and two drawers surmounted by a showcase with side shelves supported by thin turned uprights. The panels of the doors like those of the sides of the riser contain floral ceramics, in the center of the door with glass there is a bas-relief ceramic panel with the allegory of painting, this is an indecipherable signature, on the back the "Goldchelder Wien" brand , referable to the well-known Viennese ceramics factory and engraved with the numbers "0764 / 16 / 30&". The wavy feet, the cymatium, like the rest of the piece of furniture, have small "whiplash"carvings and carved florals, defined by gilding and lacquering. Brass-coated frames, hardware, worked in floral style with partly gilded copper sheet flowers and fruits.