Antique Wooden and Leather Trunk Italy Late XIX Century - Northern Europe, Late XIX 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.

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.

Vienna Late 19th - Early 20th century

Liberty rocking cradle in bent beech, designed by Jacob and Josef Kohn at the end of the 19th century. The padding with which it is lined internally was added later. It is very curious to remember how this iconic piece of furniture was used in the 1963 film “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, with Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.

England, Early XX Century

Art nouveaubathroom cabinet in mahogany, has a pair of doors surmounted by a door whose linen compartment is also accessible from the upper flap door. Small folding door carved with a monogram and shelf with accommodation for containers and cruets; in the upper part there is a small psyche with a broken mirror.

Lombardy, Mid XVIII Century

Baroque walnut chest supported by bracket feet, carved tripartite front, replaced hinges and restorations. Lombardy, mid-18th century.

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.

Piedmont Early XVIII Century

Walnut chest of Piedmontese manufacture, supported by feet of which the front ones are lion-shaped, the front is divided into two parts and decorated with two characteristic panels.

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.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Chest supported by double bracket carved feet, the front is divided by pilasters with phytomorphic inlays, and is decorated with panels inlaid with birds. In walnut, it has restorations and replacements.

Italy, XVII Century

Walnut chest, the front is decorated with semi-columns, one of which is missing, the bottom is also missing.

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.