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A NEAR PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, PEWTER-INLAID PIETRA DURA, EBONY AND ROSEWOOD CABINETS
ROME, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
A NEAR PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, PEWTER-INLAID PIETRA DURA, EBONY AND ROSEWOOD CABINETS ROME, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY Each inlaid with various hardstones including lapis lazuli, agate, jasper and amethyst, with a central drawer in the form of an architectural niche above a door with Corinthian columns, flanked by four drawers, a drawer above and one long and two short drawers below, with a gilt-bronze handle to each side, on later flattened bun feet and modern gilt-bronze and steel stands, the mounts re-gilt One cabinet 22 ¼ in. (58 cm.) high; 34 in. (87.5 cm.) wide; 13 ¾ in. (36 cm.) deep; The other 22 in. (57 cm.) high; 33 ¾ in. (87 cm.) wide; 12 ¾ in. (33.5 cm.) deep: Each 59 in. (152 cm.) high, including stands