Italian Walnut Marquetry Bureau Directoire Secretaire from Albenga Liguria 1840

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Italian Walnut Marquetry Bureau Directoire Secretaire from Albenga Liguria 1840

About the Item

1840s Directoire walnut secretaire, an elegant Italian Directoire bureau with flap with finely detailed marquetry work made of veneers of walnut, boxwood, cherrywood and maple. Dating back to 1840, made in Albenga near Savona in Liguria Region, close to French Riviera, Côte d'Azur border. The original black Serpentine marble-top over a drawer above a green leather mounted fall-front opening to shelving above ten small maple drawers with handles made with lion masks in gilded metal, flanked by 13 secret compartments, side and below. The interior ebonized balcony with balustrades conceals a drawer. The front flanked by two rounded edges, finely threaded with vertical geometrical lines in boxwood, while an inlaid band patterned plate made of maple and cherrywood cuts horizontally the bureau. Four drawers below, three of them with locks and one key. Five drawers on the front, one over the flap and four under the abattant, resting on not original feet in ebonized pear. In the back side of a small drawer, see closed up picture detail, we find the inscription: In the year 1840 on March 10 in Albenga Botega filippo (more ..) carpenter and Franco Conte. The locks of the drawers are not original; restored and polished with gommalacca. Last listed picture shows some of the internal secrets. Concerning the origin of this antique cabinet, the round corners decorated by vertical inlays, the marble-top, the chiaro-scuro marquetry pattern, as well as the very large form of the tulip shaped upper drawer are particularly popular items in Piedmont and Liguria area. Kindly notice that our own shipping quote includes a safe packing and crating in a bespoke fumigated wooden crate full of packing peanuts.

Dimensions:
Height: 66.54 in (169 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 19.69 in (50 cm)
Style:
Directoire (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Boxwood,Cherry,Maple,Marble,Walnut,Inlay,Polished,Veneer
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1840
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Milan, IT
Reference Number:
Seller: 52861stDibs: LU216035200983