Monumental Italian walnut Baroque Revival buffet
Monumental Italian walnut Baroque Revival buffet, 19th century, having a shaped back panel centering a reclining bearded god holding a harp, above a shelf supported by sculpted contorted female griffins, over a rectangular block front cabinet, having a highly carved hinged front panel centering a putto astride a hippocampus, falling forward revealing a large storage area including a shallow hidden bottom compartment, flanked by bottle drawers with animal head fronts, the whole carved throughout with writhing griffins, putti, Green Man masks, and strapwork, rising on rampant lions resting on a recessing plinth, 84.5"h x 76.25"w x 25"d, buffet top 46.5"h.
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Monumental Italian walnut Baroque Revival buffet, 19th century, having a shaped back panel centering a reclining bearded god holding a harp, above a shelf supported by sculpted contorted female griffins, over a rectangular block front cabinet, having a highly carved hinged front panel centering a putto astride a hippocampus, falling forward revealing a large storage area including a shallow hidden bottom compartment, flanked by bottle drawers with animal head fronts, the whole carved throughout with writhing griffins, putti, Green Man masks, and strapwork, rising on rampant lions resting on a recessing plinth, 84.5"h x 76.25"w x 25"d, buffet top 46.5"h.
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