Ancient Cupboard Reggio Emilia Late XVII Century Walnut - Reggio Emilia, Late XVII Century

Emilia Romagna, XVII Century

Double body sideboard with two paneled doors in the lower part and the same number in the upper part, turned knobs.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Sideboard with a semi-circular front. Supported by four truncated pyramid shaped uprights with vase-shaped feet, it has a narrow under the top drawer in the middle part, while there are two more thin drawers on the sides, under which there are two larger service drawers, on the corners there are two decorated doors that imitate the front of the drawers. Mahogany with mahogany feather banded veneer in the front, with maple and ebony threading, a carved maple reserve decorates the uprights; the drawers and the doors are enriched with an ebony thread on the edges, as well as the border of the mahogany head of the top; the top is a single mahogany board. The handles are gilded bronze pendants with a central rosette. On the back of the top there are inserts for the fastening of the brass beams that were supposed to hold the lights and other service equipment.

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, Late XIX Century

Pair of large self-supporting eclectic shelves in carved and gilded wood, Italy third quarter 19th century. Shaped tops covered in velvet, uprights made up of a shaped back part against which, on the front, are carved pilaster-style architectural elements in Baroque style, the latter composed of "S"-shaped volutes with curls at the ends. The pilasters are also decorated with leaf elements and floral festoons held together by ribbons. Partially recovered gilding.

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.

Italy, second quarter of the 19th century

Neo-Renaissance column in carved wood, black lacquered and gilded, Italy second quarter of the 19th century. Upper end decorated with a double row of Greek frets, one of which is ribbed, lower with a leafy frieze. Stem embellished with candelabra motifs made up of curls, screaming winged masks, scrolls of leaves, vine leaves and bunches of grapes, interspersed with lighted torches and festoons of fruit, placed above large leafy inserts. The decorative apparatus is completed by a frieze of shells and leafy curls placed in the upper part of the stem.

Wardrobe/Bookcase. Only example projected by Mario Vender for a private commission of a house in Brianza. It is made with drawers and open compartments, two coat hangers and two containers that can be opened to create a writing surface. Beech veneered wood, ash tree structure, beech pillars.