Cabinet in blackened wood, veneer and marquetry of...

Cabinet in blackened wood, veneer and marquetry of bone and ivory re-engraved on a tortoiseshell background. The door decorated with a coat of arms in the centre of an altar, the drawer and the eight double drawers decorated with hunting scenes. Inside, three drawers decorated with engraved animal plates surrounded by inlaid reserves and flowers. The sides drawing geometrical reserves, the bronze greenhouse legs enclosing a blackened wooden ball, the gallery with pierced brass friezes.
On a blackened wooden protruding base, the twisted uprights, the tray inlaid with geometric reserves, the belt of animated scrolls of hunter in tortoiseshell on a bone background.
Italy, 17th century.
Cabinet. Height: 80 cm. Width: 110 cm. Depth: 32 cm.
Legs. Height: 81.5 cm. Width: 119 cm. Depth: 43 cm.
Acquired from Me Chapelle, Hôtel des Ventes des Chevau- Légers in Versailles.