Renaissance Richly Carved Cupboard, 1580

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Beautiful Renaissance two-body buffet with four doors and six drawers.
On the upper part of the buffet, who hide two … Read more Beautiful Renaissance two-body buffet with four doors and six drawers.
On the upper part of the buffet, who hide two secrets drawers, an alternating band of three masks, represents a mythological scene: Zeus changed into a swan seduces Leda on the banks of the Eurotas. The sides of the buffet are decorated with foliage and vines. The doors cornices and drawers are decorated with masks, griffins and indigenous characters very finely carved. The sides of the buffet are decorated with geometric patterns.
Very beautiful patina,
circa 1580. See less