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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE IVORY-INLAID WALNUT BUREAU-CABINET SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, LOMBARDY With arched moulded cornice crested by foliate-carved finials above a pair of conforming mirrored cupboard doors enclosing an interior fitted with sixteen pigeon holes and three short drawers above a pair of candle-slides, the slant-front centrally inlaid with a plaque incised with an allegory of music, the angles inlaid with portrait medallions of ...... (Sarti says these are Michaelangelo, Raphael) and enclosing three open compartments above three short drawers and a sliding compartment revealing two further short drawers, the base fitted with two short and two long panelled drawers, inlaid throughout with blossoming foliage, song birds and grotesque masks - 96in. (244cm.) high, 44in. (112cm.) wide, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep