AN ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED BUREAU-CABINET** Attributed to Ferdinando Poligani, circa 1864 The upper section with a modified swan's neck cresting centering a later pineapple finial and with dentil molding below, the center section with an arched paneled cupboard door flanked at either side by a fielded panel cupboard door, all inlaid with engraved putti and draped female figures, the central door with a coat-of-arms of the Pallavicini family crossed with another Italian family, each cupboard with a drawer below; the lower section with a concave-fronted bureau enclosing an arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes and a cupboard, and with three frieze drawers below, all with scrolling foliate inlay, the lower section with three cupboard doors inlaid with similar to the upper section; bearing a cut-out label with printed auction catalogue description and lot 4 , inscribed in ink Admiral Pilcher and the reverse of one drawer inscribed in 19th century hand Bought at Christie's sale... 103in. (262cm.) high, 61½in. (156cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED BUREAU-CABINET** Attributed to Ferdinando Poligani, circa 1864 The upper section with a modified swan's neck cresting centering a later pineapple finial and with dentil molding below, the center section with an arched paneled cupboard door flanked at either side by a fielded panel cupboard door, all inlaid with engraved putti and draped female figures, the central door with a coat-of-arms of the Pallavicini family crossed with another Italian family, each cupboard with a drawer below; the lower section with a concave-fronted bureau enclosing an arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes and a cupboard, and with three frieze drawers below, all with scrolling foliate inlay, the lower section with three cupboard doors inlaid with similar to the upper section; bearing a cut-out label with printed auction catalogue description and lot 4 , inscribed in ink Admiral Pilcher and the reverse of one drawer inscribed in 19th century hand Bought at Christie's sale... 103in. (262cm.) high, 61½in. (156cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
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