Antique Renaissance Travel Trunk Velvet Iron Italy XVII Century - Italy 17th century

Italy, Late XIX Century

Neo-Renaissance chest from the end of the 19th century. The structure, which refers to the typology of Renaissance chests, is made of wood covered in painted iron sheet, decorated with embossed plant motifs of clear Art Nouveau taste. Traces of the original color are still visible in some places. The trunk is also externally reinforced with wooden slats, while internally it is covered with contemporary paper. Lock and zips on the front. Small defects in the sheet metal covering.

Northern Europe, Late XIX Century

Wooden trunk covered in leather, adorned with studs.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Travel trunk in wood covered with iron foil straps fixed with studs. The metal bands are adorned with a decoration of plant racemes with flowers, made with a burin. The reserves between the metal foils are covered in velvet, now abraded adorned with a quadrangular motif with foil.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Louis Philippe lectern resting on a four-armed base equipped with wheels and supported by a turned baluster; adjustable in height via a mechanism consisting of an iron spring and wooden ring. In mahogany.

Italy, XVII Century

Cabinet in ebonized wood, made by reducing a larger 17th century late Renaissance piece of furniture in the 20th century. Architectural structure of clear Renaissance taste, adorned with multiple levels of frames. The front has a central door with a mercury mirror, framed by a pair of columns with carved and gilded Corinthian capitals. Mercury mirror also in the lower section.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of neo-Renaissance hanging shelves in carved walnut, Italy, late 19th century. The two mirrored shelves depict a putto intent on holding up a bundle of plants, the latter being a support base for the shaped and podded top. The two putti also seem to emerge from a leaf cone ending in a curl.

Lombardy, Last Quarter XVIII Century

Neoclassical vanity table, supported by truncated pyramid legs with brass details, on the front there are three drawers and two fake drawers; on the top there is a door that can be opened to hide the compartment and mirror, the latter having been replaced. Veneered in quadripartite walnut, it has olive wood borders and maple threads, fir interiors.

Florence, Early XX Century

Terracotta column made in Signa, Florence, early 20th century. Stem richly decorated with Renaissance-style elements including acanthus leaves, spirals and vine branches, from which vine leaves and bunches of grapes grow. Three frets complete the ornamental display. Manufacture mark on the base "Manifattura di Signa", "1472 C". The Manifattura di Signa is a historic terracotta ceramic workshop, created in 1895 by will of Camillo Bondi in the premises of the “Fornaci di Signa” factory owned by his brother Angelo. A distinctive feature of the manufacture was the taste for Renaissance shapes and decorations, recovered and re-proposed with high craftsmanship.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Pair of wooden vase holder bases, supported by moved uprights and connected by a crosspiece. Entirely lacquered and painted with curled frames to frame floral motifs and leaf festoons.

Italy last quarter XVIII century

Pair of carved and gilded linden wood consoles decorated with a turned element on the lower band and grooves on the whole body. Sides with green lacquered reserve and decorated with phytomorphic motifs.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Early 18th century chest in walnut.

Provence Late 19th Century

Beech cradle supported by moving feet connected by crosspieces, the basket is delimited by turned elements, is equipped with a pole ending with a swan's head, used to fix the fabric curtain.