An Italian 19th century Renaissance revival hardstone mounted ebony and engraved ivory marquetry table cabinet by Giovanni Battista Gatti (1816-1889)

An Italian 19th century Renaissance revival hardstone mounted ebony and engraved ivory marquetry table cabinet by Giovanni Battista Gatti (1816-1889)
Circa 1865, inlaid overall with Arabesques of entwined scrolled foliage, honeysuckle, dragons, birds, animals, flaming torches, urns of flowers and griffins, surmounted by a baluster gallery, the top inlaid with four figures allegorical of the cardinal virtues: Justice, Fortitude, Prudence and Temperance, each within a tablet, above a pair of panelled doors each centred by a roundel, one depicting an allegorical figure of painting and the other an allegorical figure of poetry, the borders interspersed by ovals of classical figures such as Hercules, Venus, Cupid and Bacchus, with eight angles inlaid with profile medallions of Ludovico Ariosto, Petrarch, Torquato Tasso, Dante, Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo encompassed by malachite and lapis lazuli cabochons, enclosing fifteen walnut lined drawers encased within a lockable removable box with two secret catches, with rounded angles and panelled sides, each side inlaid with tablet angles showing birds of various types within landscapes, the reverse with six small and three large inlaid tablets, each small one centred by a Green Man mask, with a printed label which reads: 'GIO.BATT.GATTI. Fabrica mobili di lusso facendo sui di essi in tarsia fiori, figure, ornati ed arabeschi, detti all Raffaello... ROMA, Via degli Angeli Custodi, No. 30, 90cm wide x 41cm deep x 69cm high, (35in wide x 16in deep x 27in high)