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Inlaid chest of drawers, Louis XVI - France, 18th century Height x width x depth: 80 x 72 x 38,5 cm. in purple ebony (Dalbergia cearensis, Ducke, 1925) inlaid with fruit woods, handles and vents, chiseled, in gilded bronze. This lot is accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometici. Item condition grading: **** good.
French Louis XVI secretary desk - 18th century Height x width x depth: 134 x 80 x 37 cm. in purple ebony (Dalbergia cearensis, Ducke, 1925) inlaid with fruit woods in geometric patterns, marble top. This lot is accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometrici. Item condition grading: **** good.
Dutch sideboard cupboard - 18th century Height x width x depth: 218 x 180 x 60 cm. double-bodied mahogany and mahogany feather, made in the Netherlands during the 18th century. Upper section with two doors embellished with refined floral and garland carvings, topped by a moulded frame with indentations. Lower section with three drawers, sides decorated with fluted pilasters with carved element...
Renaissance inlaid chest - Northern Italy, 17th century Height x width x depth: 165 x 55 x 67 cm. Made of walnut wood with rich geometric inlay decoration and phytomorphic motifs. On the front, three square panels with stylized foliage inlays. Base with carved scroll feet with plant motifs. Item condition grading: **** good.
A pair of English George IV armchairs - 19th century Height x width x depth: 86 x 57 x 52 cm. Seat height: 45 cm. in mahogany, with a geometric backrest featuring Chinese-style cross-shaped fretwork and a curved, padded seat. Curved armrests and legs, with lower reinforcement crossbars. Item condition grading: **** good.
Italian coin cabinet - Italy, 17th - 18th century Height x width x depth: 170 x 121 x 41 cm. with a wooden structure, lacquered in imitation gold leaf, resting on an ebonised wooden base. The front, designed as an architectural façade of monumental taste, is dominated in the centre by a niche with fluted gilded columns and Corinthian capitals, framing a niche housing a sculptural figure, prob...
Coin cabinet - Germany, 18th century Height x width x depth: 44 x 67 x 33 cm. rectangular in shape, resting on a solid moulded base. It has a walnut structure and rosewood (Dalbergia spp.) veneer, enriched with complex geometric and floral inlay work using light woods such as maple and reddish woods such as rosewood and briar. The front is outlined by a flap, the outer surface of which is fine...
Small chest of drawers - 19th century Height x width x depth: 84 x 78 x 39 cm. in walnut and walnut burl, Lombardy region. Item condition grading:****good
A pair of Imari vases - Japan, 19th century Height x diameter: 24 x 11.5 cm. aintings with floral motifs in shades of blue and orange on a white background. Count Luigi Rigi Luperti collection. Item condition grading: **** good. One of the caps is stuck on.
Inlaid Dutch Empire Secretaire - 19th century Height x width x depth: 149 x 99 x 50 cm. mahogany feather, with full columns, elegant handles and gilt bronze details. Inlaid with floral motifs in fruit woods. Latina private collection. Item condition grading: **** good.
Baroque Italian Cassapanca - Venetian area, 17th century Height x width x depth: 56,5 x 168 x 63 cm. made of walnut wood, with finely crafted walnut burl panels featuring a central eight-pointed star inlay, a recurring element in Renaissance and Baroque cabinetry, often linked to religious or chivalric symbolism. The side uprights are decorated with female figures carved in the round. The stru...
Headpiece and pair of carved Italian chairs, Renaissance - 16th century Florentine area, carved walnut, winged female figures in profile on base on feral paws, family crest in centre, backs carved with plant elements and an angel's face in centre of top part. Height x width x depth chairs: 132 x 61 x 54 cm Height x width x depth headpiece: 136 x 65 x 60 cm Item condition grading: **** good. Ri...
Neoclassical Library - Lombardy area, 18th century Height x width x depth: 227 x 205 x 52,5 cm. in solid walnut, characterized by an architectural structure with fluted columns and Doric capitals that frame the upper open section with three shelves. Lower section with two framed doors. Strongly projecting upper frame, molded plinth at the base. Item condition grading: **** good.
Pair of Venetian armchairs Louis XVI - 18th century Height x width x depth: 112 x 60 x 60 cm. Seat height: 53 cm. in lacquered and gilded wood, curved legs connected by a curved crossbar. Item condition grading: **** good.
Italian Wall lantern - Venice, 19th century Height x width: 60 x 43 cm. in polychrome wood, hexagonal in shape, features molded glass within molded frames and gilded relief decorations depicting leaves and phytoform motifs, with touches of green and red. The top culminates in a gilded scrollwork element. Latina private collection. Item condition grading: **** good. Shows signs of time and smal...
Lombard bench - 18th century Height x width x depth: 83 x 138,5 x 42 cm. made of walnut wood, carved and with shaped sides. Item condition grading: **** good.
Prismatic cabinet with a large central drawer fitted with carnelians, one small drawer and eight smaller drawers on the sides. All drawers are of oak wood, bordered with flame black mouldings and decorated with relief carvings of mythical animals and stylized mermaids in light wood. The cabinet rests on a narrower base with caryatids emerging from a stepped base. The base has one larger drawer...
Porcelain sugar bowl - Paris, 19th century Height x width x depth: 16 x 18 x 14 cm. elegant object embellished with refined golden floral motifs. Item condition grading: **** good.
GILLOWS OF LANCASTER English Victorian inlaid desk - First half of the 19th century Height x width x depth: 76 x 137 x 63 cm. rare double pedestal desk made of mahogany and rosewood (Dalbergia spp), inlaid on the front with fruit woods in floral motifs. Stamped Gillows Lancaster.(Dalbergia spp) This lot is accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometici. Item condition ...
Wooden sailing ship - 20th century Height x width x depth: 100 x 115 x 80 cm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Travel coin cabinet - Northern Italy, late 17th century Height x width x depth: 37 x 29 x 21 cm. with oak frame, covered externally in ebony (Diospyros spp) and embellished with numerous gilt metal applications. The lower part features a large drawer spanning the entire width, while in the center two doors, decorated with plaques and scroll motifs, open to reveal the interior. The interior is ...
Neoclassical inlaid bedside table, Northern Italy - 18th century Height x width x depth: 78 x 52,5 x 40 cm. single door, veneered in rosewood (Dalberga spp.) and purple ebony (Dalbergia cearensis, Ducke, 1925) richly inlaid with precious woods. The front features a refined central medallion with a neoclassical scene, framed by geometric and floral inlays. Pyramidal legs decorated with floral i...
A pair of porcelain vases - China, 19th century Height x diameter: 41 x 25 cm. in the shades of blue on a white ground, decorated in the same way with images of noble ladies in the outer courtyards, surrounded by a border of geometric designs around the neck and a fence at the bottom of the vase. Both lids have drop-shaped terminals. Count Luigi Rigi Luperti collection. Item condition grading:...
ETIENNE HENRY DUMAIGE (1830 - 1888) French bronze sculpture - 19th century Height x width x depth: 52 x 23 x 18 cm. depicting Calliope, muse of epic poetry, in patinated bronze and African marble base. Item condition grading: **** good.
Body of blackened wood with flame mouldings and carved decorations gilded with gold leaf, mirrors inserted in cartouches. The prismatic base with one drawer rests on legs in the form of three-fingered dragon's claws, above this base two stepped and diminishing lockable compartments, the smaller of which also forms the lid of the central stage in which is inserted a ground mirror with flame-gil...
A pair of Italian Louis XVI wall consoles - 18th century Height x width x depth: 40 x 55 x 21 cm. lacquered in green and with pure gold profiles. Item condition grading: **** good.
Wall console table - Veneto region, 19th century Height x width x depth: 65 x 57 x 27 cm. in carved and gilded wood with plant motifs. Marble top. Item condition grading: **** good. The surface on which the marble rests has been replaced.
Italian gilded Luigi Filippo mirror - 19th century Height x width x depth: 156 x 119 x 5.5 cm. Rectangular frame in wood gilded with gold leaf, with smooth rebate and molded outer edge. Latina private collection. Item condition grading: **** good.
A pair of Covered Baluster Vases - China, Qing period Height x diameter: 34 x 18 cm. Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt, in the typical Imari palette. The baluster-shaped bodies are adorned with floral reserves featuring peonies and chrysanthemums amid stylised foliage and cartouches. The domed covers are surmounted by finials modelled as Buddhist lions (Foo dogs), finel...
Coin cabinet - Italy, 17th-18th centuries Height x width x diameter: 199 x 162 x 54 cm. with ebony (Diospyros spp.) structure embellished with bone and tortoiseshell (hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, Cheloniidae) inlays. The cabinet resembles a small miniature architectural structure, with a rigorous layout reminiscent of the monumentality of a small temple. The upper section is c...
Dutch inlaid chair, Louis XVI chair - 18th century Height x width x depth: 93 x 52 x 45 cm. Seat height: 50 cm. mahogany inlaid in boxwood with floral motifs over the entire surface. Item condition grading: **** good.
English Victorian sideboard - 19th century Height x width x depth: 181 x 191 x 66 cm. mahogany and mahogany featherwood with four doors and three drawers: riser decorated with blind fretwork with central mirror and two columns with gilt bronze parts Item condition grading: **** good. The three door locks are missing.
Inlaid Closet - Netherlands, 19th century Height x width x depth: 199 x 202 x 76 cm. in walnut wood and richly decorated with polychrome wood inlay. Two framed doors, decorated with floral motifs, leafy branches, and ornamental vases. Sides and crossbars embellished with geometric borders and inlaid bands. Projecting frame and onion-shaped feet. Item condition grading: **** good.
Swedish Rococo Louis XV dresser - 18th century Height x width x depth: 84 x 94 x 53 cm. second quarter of the 18th century, rosewood (dalbergia spp.), with marble top and gilt bronze appliqués, moved on sides, front, and with uprights ending in cabriole leg. Original locks and hardware. This lot is accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometici. Item condition grading...
Oval table and six chairs in walnut - Lombardy, 18th century Height x width x depth: 81 x 200 x 126 cm. shaped and tapered legs, joined by a carved scrollwork crossbar with a moulded central element. Accompanied by six walnut chairs. Item condition grading: **** good.
Ship bathroom cabinet Liberty style - Late 19th century Height x width x depth: 118 x 58 x 27 cm. in mahogany with brass finishes, characterized by a space-saving modular structure with vertical development. Upper part with removable and tilting oval mirror with floral decoration, three circular holes for containers. Open compartments, small double door, and lower drawer. Brass handles and hin...
Marble bust of Diana - Italy, 20th century Height x width x depth: 42 x 27 x 17 cm. depicting Diana the huntress, turned base and integrated square pedestal, early 20th century. Item condition grading: **** good.
Gilded and carved wooden lintel - Rome, 18th century Height x width x depth: 44 x 179 x 18 cm. frieze decorated with hanging garlands of leaves and bunches of grapes tied with ribbons, alternating with dark green vertical panels with golden floral appliqués. Lower band with elaborate swirl motif, rosette, and bows in relief. Count Luigi Rigi Luperti collection. Item condition grading: **** good.
French inkwell, Charles X - 19th century Height x width x depth: 11 x 22 x 20 cm. Rosewood (Dalbergia spp) inlaid with boxwood. This lot is accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometici. Item condition grading: **** good.
Empire secretary - Italy, 19th century Height x width x depth: 150 x 105 x 46/96 cm. made of cherry wood, the front features an upper drawer, a central flap and three drawers below. The sides are marked by turned columns with gilded capitals and bases. Turned gilded feet. The marble is not contemporary and the knobs are not original. Item condition grading: **** good.
Italian Louis XV walnut-root kneeler - 18th century Height x width x depth: 94 x 80 x 61 cm. with bronze applications, central door, two side drawers on the base and two drawers on the top. Item condition grading: **** good.
Coin cabinet - Lombardy area, 18th century Height x width x depth: 27,5 x 22 x 14,5 cm. made of ebonised wood with a rectangular base structure, resting on four shaped legs. The body is defined by an engraved moulding that outlines the edges and the cornice; the latter acts as an opening lid, concealing an upper storage compartment. The central body is closed at the front by two hinged doors t...
Wooden crucifix - Central Europe, 18th–19th century. Height x width x depth: 77,5 x 44 x 11 cm. The body of Christ, modelled with realism and balance, shows careful anatomical attention: the limbs are elongated, the side and the extremities of the limbs are marked by wounds, and the expression on the face is intense. A distinctive element is the golden ochre loincloth, draped in a dynamic an...
Artista italiano, XIX secolo - Height x width with frame: 18 x 28 cm. Height x width of board: 17 x 25 cm. Count Luigi Rigi Luperti collection. Item condition grading: **** good.
Marble bust of Julius Caesar - Rome, 1st century BC - Italy, 17th-18th centuries Height x width x depth: 75 x 59 x 23 cm. A fine example of 17th-18th century sculpture made from fragments of classical sculptures. In this specific case, a beautiful marble head from the late Roman Republic (1st century BC), probably depicting Julius Caesar, was mounted by an anonymous sculptor of the 17th ...
“San Filippo” Writing Desk, Rome, 18th Century - Louis XIV Period Height x width x depth: 105x136x72 cm. Elegant Roman “San Filippo” writing desk from the 18th century, in the Louis XIV style, crafted in walnut and burr walnut with refined inlays in various fruitwoods. The rectangular top is decorated with intricate geometric reserves and shaped motifs that are echoed on the drawer fro...
Italian gilded Louis XV mirror - 18th century Height x width x depth: 160 x 110 x 10 cm. rectangular in shape with a finely carved and gilded wooden frame, characterised by rich Baroque decoration with floral motifs and scrolls. The cornice is adorned with a stylised face and two mythological creatures resembling dragons. Item condition grading: **** good. Slight signs of wear and tear and a f...
Walnut bureau - Verona, 18th century Height x width x depth: 104 x 100,5 x 53 cm. In walnut, walnut burl, and rosewood (Dalbergia spp), with a drop-leaf top and shelves. Turned legs connected by a shaped crosspiece. This lot, accompanied by an expertise issued by Ce.S.Ar Centro studi archeometici Item condition grading: **** good.
French Provencal table, Louis XV - 18th century Height x width x depth: 78 x 171 x 83 cm. Walnut with central and two side drawers, leather top and cabriole legs. Item condition grading: **** good.
Porcelain wastebasket - Berlin, 19th century Height x width x depth: 9,5 x 19 x 18 cm. octagonal basket in perforated porcelain with dense weaving and edges painted in pink and green to imitate a woven ribbon. Polychrome floral decorations on the inside bottom and walls. Shaped base with geometric perforations. Item condition grading: **** good.
A pair of French gilt armchairs, Louis XVI style - 19th century Height x width x depth: 89 x 60 x 56 cm. Seat height: 40 cm. manufactured in the first half of the 19th century, finely carved and small in size. Item condition grading: **** good. Upholstery to be reviewed.
Open mahogany bookcase, Empire style - 19th century Height x width x depth: 135 x 70 x 18 cm. simple and elegant structure, with a slightly protruding upper frame and clean lines. The base is decorated with metal claw feet. Marble top. Item condition grading: **** good.
English satinwood occasional table, Adams style - 20th Century Height x diameter: 75 x 60 cm. Late Victorian period with polychrome paintings, round in shape with a central painting depicting two playful cherubs and edges painted with floral motifs. Item condition grading: **** good.
Bottega bassanesca Adoration of the Magi - 17th century Height x width of canvas: 116 x 88 cm.; with frame: 129 x 100 cm. Item condition grading: **** good.
Italian Luis XIV Canterano - Lombardy, 18th century Height x width x depth: 129 x 160 x 78 cm. walnut chest of drawers with moved front with three drawers, richly inlaid with phytomorphic motifs and cartouches in light woods. Side pilasters carved with scrolls and inlaid, molded plinth with molded base and bracket feet. Contrasting ebonized cornices. Side doors with internal shelves. Typical e...
Genoese console table with marble top - mid-19th Century Height x width x depth: 99 x 122 x 57 cm. finely carved walnut wood with floral decorations and rocaille motifs. Shaped top with white inlay. Arched legs joined by a turned central crosspiece. The underplate band is richly carved with scrolls and a central shell motif. Item condition grading: **** good.
EDWARDS AND ROBERTS Chippendale-style English dressing table desk - 19th century Height x width x depth: 119 x 108 x 61 cm. mahogany wood finely carved with oriental motifs, lower and upper drawer fronts blind fretworked. Cluster column legs. This cabinet is an example of the oriental taste very much in vogue in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in England and France. Stamped �...
CASSINA Hill House chair by Cassina - 1973 Height x width x depth: 141 x 41 x 39 cm. Seat height: 45 cm. Solid black-stained ash wood, high backrest, padded seat upholstered in wisteria-colored silk velvet. Produced by Cassina, 1973, with certificate of authenticity numbered 4100. Item condition grading: **** good. No breaks or repairs. Velvet seat in good condition, faded color.
A pair of Italian torceri, Louis XVI - Lucca, 18th century Height x diameter: 148x40 cm. Mecha gilding, body carved with floral motifs base resting on three feral legs. Item condition grading:****good
Travel toiletries bag, England - 19th century Height x width x depth: 17.5 x 30 x 22.5 cm. Made of walnut burl, containing toiletries and cosmetics. Brass finishes and secret side drawer. Item condition grading:****good
Urn-shaped lid inlaid with bone - Northern Italy, 17th century Height x width x depth: 107.5 x 109.5 x 87 cm. made of ebonized wood, purple ebony (Dalbergia cearensis, Ducke, 1925), and bone inlay, with phytomorphic and floral motifs, cartouches, and medallions. The front has three drawers and an inlaid drop-down panel, which conceals an internal compartment with small drawers and compartments...
JEAN HOLTHAUSEN French inlaid dresser, Louis XVI - Paris, 18th century Height x width x depth: 87 x 126 x 54 cm. purple ebony (Dalbergia cearensis) and rosewood (Dalbergia spp) dresser with marble top, finely inlaid with floral and geometric motifs, in the central part of the drawers inlaid musical instruments, gilt bronze applications on the uprights. Signed Jean Holthausen and stamped JME( J...
Italian console table with marble top, Louis XVI - Rome, 18th century Height x width x depth: 86 x 120 x 63 cm. gilded wood, finely carved with floral and plant motifs, the frame is supported by three cabriole legs. Siena yellow marble top. Item condition grading: **** good.
Four French gilded appliques, Louis XVI - 18th century Height x width x depth: 46 x 25 x 18 cm. two-light gilt bronze wall sconces with finely chiseled oriental figures. Volute arms with plant and floral motifs. Item condition grading: **** good.