Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 20th April 2021
Lot 367
λ AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND IVORY INLAID TWIN PEDESTAL DESK
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £15000
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Description
λ AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND IVORY INLAID TWIN PEDESTAL DESK
LOMBARDY, 19TH CENTURY
with ebonised banding, the top inlaid with a central classical scene of centurions with chariots, flanked by mythical female term figures with wings and horse's legs, holding urns with scrolling leaves, above three frieze drawers, each pedestal with a hinged cupboard door decorated with a figure of a saint, enclosing a shelf, the sides and back with ebonised outline mouldings and inlaid with further classical figures and grotesques, on later castors
82.4cm high, 118cm wide, 61cm deep