18th Century Italian Hall Bench

Sunning part beaded needlepoint with chinoiserie figures adorn the tailored mahogany bench raised upon tapered legs, joined by along cross stretcher.

Elaborately carved with a protruding foliated vine surrounding the base of the columns which are reeded at the top and appointed with gilt wood capitals. A rare and substantial pair.

An unusual subject in an interesting pose with a bundle of fruits in his arms. The clothes, head piece, etc., are well detailed.

Unusual design. The elaborate stand is designed with a "side cabinet" containing a single drawer with storage below. The stand is appointed with a bevelled shield form mirror and is...

A charming gesturing figure dissed in a biblical era robe and mounted on a carved plinth. The carving is superbly detailed-note, for example, the surround of faces on the pedestal ...

A beautiful and highly stylized tea table with a scalloped top. The table is walnut with a burl walnut top. Taken from a fine home in Milan. Superb quality and workmanship.

18th Century Italian Walnut Hall Bench

Very decorative painted bench with a serpentine shaped high back, decorated with a scenic landscape and framed by leafy scrolls, foliate seat rail and remains of polychrome on the se...

An English 18th century oak settle, hall bench With fielded paneled back and armrest The dimensions are 103 cm high, 183 cm wide and the depth is 68 cm Seat height is 43 cm T...

This is a wonderful antique Italian Renaissance Revival walnut, specimen wood and marquetry decorated cassapanca or hall bench, made in Lombardy Italy and Circa 1780 in date. It is smothered in the most wonderful carved panels with fabulous inlaid marquetry decoration with fruit wood and bone inlaid marquetry panels depicting communal and hunting scenes. It has a hinged seat allowing access to the storage box below, and is raised on wonderful scroll feet Condition: In excellent original condition having only been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 115 x Width 155 x Depth 60 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 foot, 9 inches x Width 5 feet, 1 inch x Depth 2 feet Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet...

A very unusual 18th century table - bench from Northern Italy. Soundly constructed from hard pine, this very interesting piece converts from a bench - into a bench and table. The dep...

A very charming and primitive 18th century Bench from Northern Italy. Soundly constructed from richly stained pine with a high back. Wonderful patina. A handsome accent piece. Th...