An Italian gilt-bronze mounted hardstones and ebony cabinet, Rome, mid-17th century

An Italian gilt-bronze mounted hardstones and ebony cabinet, Rome,
mid-17th century

the three-quarter galleried top with geometrical patterns inlaid with metal, above three frieze drawers surmounting a central door opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers, flanked on either sides by tortoiseshell columns and further three drawers on each side, above three further frieze drawers all inlaid with hardstones including jasper, agate and lapis lazuli
60cm. high, 71cm. wide, 30.5cm. deep; 1ft. 11½in., 2ft. 4in., 1ft.½in.

Condition Report:
In overall good condition with minor old marks and scratches consistent with age and use. The ebony veneer with a minor age crack to the top and to the moulding just above the last drawer on the left handside, one small piece of the veneer re-stuck to one side at a corner, otherwise the metal inlays with very minor losses. The two bronze figures to the drawer above the cupboard door are missing. Otherwise the bronze mounts with minor tarnishing as should be visible in the catalogue images, and minor losses to gilding especially to handles. One tortoiseshell column with a loss and some of its veneered re-glued - some residual glue. The hardstones in good condition. Three keys. Decorative.