ANCIENT BELIEFS

Italy, Late XIX Century

Neo-Renaissance double body sideboard in carved walnut, Italy, late 19th century. Equipped with six doors with glass behind them, three in the upper part and three in the body, one of which is higher and with an arched structure, and three drawers in the upper part. The richly carved sideboard features dragons and griffins facing each other in the cymatium, included within a pair of pinnacles, candelabra motifs on the door panels, pilasters with high-relief caryatids placed on a wavy base embellished with fruit and four lion figures forming the front feet. To complete the decorative apparatus, phytomorphic spirals, rosettes and various types of frets. Fir interior.

Emilia Romagna, Early XVIII Century

Baroque sideboard in elm, Emilia, early 18th century. Front with three drawers in the band and pair of doors. Decorated with walnut frames and tiles and with metal studs, the latter partly added later. Restorations.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Directoire cupboard supported by truncated pyramidal legs, on the front it has a pair of doors and a fake drawer, the compartment of which is accessed through the opening top like a cupboard; in walnut.

Emilia Romagna, Late XIX Century

Cupboard with neo-Baroque walnut wall unit, Emilia Romagna late 19th century. The wall unit, with a door and drawer on the front, is made from antique parts, while the sideboard, with a front door opening, was obtained by modifying an older piece of furniture. Brass studs.

Nothern Italy, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Sideboard with Art Nouveau upper part made of larch wood, Northern Italy late 19th - early 20th century. Riser with three-door front with artistic stained glass panes; sideboard body with marbled-effect lacquered top, front with pair of side doors and row of six central drawers. Decorated with carvings depicting fans and lozenge elements.

Provence, Mid XIX Century

Cupboard supported by bracket feet, on the front it has two doors framed between uprights carved with twisted columns and separated by a floral festoon; in the under-counter area, alternating with shelves, there are two drawers that can be opened by unlocking the mechanism on the sides. The upper body also has two paneled doors alternating with the same motifs found in the lower part, surmounted by a band carved with phytomorphic Greek.

Tyrol, Early XVIII Century

Spruce Baroque sideboard, Tyrol early 18th century. Architecturally moulded top and lower plinth, front with two doors each decorated with a pair of moulded cornices. Embellished with lozenge-engraved geometric elements and door leaf carved with ‘scale’ motif. Hinges and lock in wrought iron, the latter bearing engraved designs. Interior with fabric-covered tops.

England, Late XIX Century

Cupboardin mahogany and mahogany veneer on the front, late 19th century England. Front with trio of fake undercounter drawers and central rounded door. Embellished with maple and dark wood threads.

Italy, XX Century

Cupboard supported by bracket feet, on the front it has a pair of doors decorated with carved frames, made with antique panels. In walnut.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Neo-Renaissance sideboard supported by feet of which the front ones are lion-like, has a broken front with a pair of central doors and lateral doors, a movement resumed in the upper section where, however, the central doors have leaded glass (one with breakages). Richly carved with phytomorphic and grotesque motifs in neo-Renaissance style.

Piedmont late XVIII Century

Sideboard in solid walnut reduced in size with front with two doors formed by panels decorated with spider web carving. Restorations. Italy late 18th century.

Italy, Early XX Century

Art Nouveau cupboard supported by shelf-shaped feet, on the front it has a pair of doors, a compartment accessible through two sliding doors with blown glass and a pair of drawers in the band; a stand with shelf and mirror rests on the built-in marble top. In mahogany, the sideboard is adorned with characteristic Liberty-style floral carvings; fir interior.

Italy, XVIII Century

Walnut sideboard with tripartite front featuring 2 separate doors and adorned with simple wooden knobs. Bracket feet. Poplar interior. Italy 18th century

Italy, XX Century

Double top cupbpoard in Neo-Renaissance style in silver fir, Italy, 20th century. Upper part equipped with a pair of doors with iron grate bearing traces of gilding; lower body with pair of drawers in the band and pair of paneled doors. Carved with Renaissance style elements, such as pilasters with capitals, cartouche and face. Front and sides decorated with frames and mouldings. Fir interior.

Piedmont Early XVIII Century

Walnut sideboard with front with 3 drawers in the under-top band decorated with polylobed tiles of which the central one is smaller, 2 doors underneath bearing spider web carvings and uprights decorated with carved tiles. Piedmont, early 18th century

Italy, Second Quarter XIX Century

Louis Philippe sideboard supported by feet of which the front ones are turned, on the front it has a pair of paneled doors surmounted by a drawer. On the top rests a riser with shelves supported by characteristic curled uprights and decorated in the upper part with a perforated wooden railing.