ITALIAN MILANESE WALNUT-VENEERED SECRETARY/BOOKCASE
c. 1715, two-part, overall ornate foliate, band and line inlay; top part has pair of figural inlaid doors over long drawer, the interior fitted with two shelves above two banks of three small drawers; the bottom part with inlaid fall front lid with figural inlay, the interior configuration of small drawers conforming to top part; three drawers below with inlaid canted corners and inlaid columns; 88"h incl. applied carved leaf crest; 43"w; 22"d
Provenance: Frederic Chase, former President of the Canterbury Association, Canterbury, England (established 1848).
Minor missing pieces of molding here and there.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $2,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 237 : ITALIAN MILANESE WALNUT-VENEERED SECRETARY/BOOKCASE
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