Antique Italian Walnut Baroque Credenza Buffet Side Cabinet Circa 1680 Ex De Young Museum San Francisco

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A very good antique Italian baroque walnut cabinet, Tuscany, circa 1680. The cabinet had been part of the M.H. de … Read more A very good antique Italian baroque walnut cabinet, Tuscany, circa 1680. The cabinet had been part of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco (now The de Young Museum), and was the property of Ms. Lee Eleanor Graham a San Francisco socialite & decorator in the 1920s.

Mrs Lee Eleanor Graham was the wife of the oil magnate William Miller Graham who in 1902 had commissioned the building of "Bellosguardo" (Beautiful Lookout) an Italianate mansion in Santa Barbara California, now known as the Bellosguardo Foundation. This cabinet had been part of the furnishings of this very grand mansion in 1902.

The cabinet of large size at 80" long & 49.25 tall, the top of the cabinet is fitted with four drawers each with a raised panels and the original circular polished bronze pulls. The base having four fielded panel doors, the two outside doors of a canted position and correspond to the drawers above, the sides and middle of the cabinet are decorated with raised panels. The credenza is raised on bracket feet, the interior of the doors having hand-forged iron strap hinges, the secondary woods are all white pine. To the inside of one of the drawers is the exhibition label from the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, dating to the early 1920s. The cabinet had been the property of Mrs Lee Eleanor Graham who was resident at the Saint Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
The cabinet is in very good condition and was made in Tuscany in central Italy during the late 1600s, it has just been waxed in Bloomsbury's professional workshops and has a warm mellow honey colored patina. This wonderful cabinet is around 350 years old and is ready to grace your home. See less