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Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Chests/Side Tables

About the Item

An elegant and high quality pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period kingwood, rosewood, tulipwood, and Sarrancolin marble chests/side tables. Each one door, three drawer chest is raised by fine square tapered legs with fitted ormolu sabots and lovely inlaid fillets. Above each leg a remarkable star rosettes with inlaid fluted columns leading upwards to inlaid foliate reserves. The central door displays a wonderfully executed inlaid marquetry design of a book with a maiden on the cover amidst tied finely detailed fabrics and charming swaging floral garlands set on a wonderfully executed herringbone background and framed within a wrap around foliate band. Each curved side is decorated in the same manner. The door displays a pierced foliate ormolu keyhole escutcheon and opens to reveal all original hardware, a beautiful finished inside with an inlaid urn with flowers and three drawers each decorated with a fine wood fillet framing the stunning wood grain and ormolu pulls. Above are the original Sarrancolin marble tops with a fine mottled border.

Dimensions:

Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)Depth: 13 in (33.02 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 2

Style:

Louis XVI (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Kingwood,Marble,Rosewood,Tulipwood

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

18th Century