Vintage Reception Desk Larch Glass Vinyl Italy Early '900

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Baroque trumeau consisting of an antique flap supported by wavy feet, which has two drawers on the front moved by a leaf spring, surmounted by a shaped door that can be opened as a flap and concealing a cabinet with compartments, secrets and drawers; veneered in walnut and walnut burl, interior in poplar. The riser is in style and has two moulded doors with mirrors; small mirror also present in the moulded profile cornice.

Italy Mid 18th century

Lombard baroque chest of drawers in walnut, Italy mid 18th century. Top with ebonized molding, front with 4 drawers veneered in walnut briar, bronze handles, uprights at 45 ° with carved pilasters and briar reserves ending in curled feet, large reserve veneered in walnut briar on the sides. Entirely decorated with characteristic ebonized frames. Interior in walnut and poplar.

Milan Mid 1900s approx

Silver chafing dish with pod decoration in the finely chiseled central band. Feet and sockets in leafy volutes; on the lid there are plant motifs. Under the base, the brand of the manufacture and the incussi silver and adhesive label of the Turin retailer. The feet rest on Bakelite rods. 2400 grams.

Piedmont, XIX Century

Terracotta sculpture painted in polychrome with a tilting head, depicting the figure of a Chinese dignitary in a seated position in the act of clutching a fabric with his left hand, while the right hand is placed on his belly. The sculpture rests on a marbled base. Slight loss of color and restoration on the headpiece. The magot, little men originally portraying Pu-Tai, the Chinese god of happiness and abundance, were born in northern China and between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries reached Europe, where like many other chinoiserie they became the status symbol of aristocratic houses.

Lombardy, Third Quarter XVIII Century

Baroque flap covered in walnut, Lombardy, third quarter, 18th century. Backsplash with double front drawer, flap door concealing cabinet, wavy front with four drawers, one of which is smaller in the band, 45° uprights. Front and sides adorned with walnut burl reserves, embellished with bois de rose borders and maple threads. Poplar interior.

Sestante 14 1989

Color screenprint on paper. Signed in pencil lower right, numbered n. IV/XV bottom left. It is accompanied by photo authentication from the "Il borghetto" art house in Milan. The work was part of the "Sestante" series, consisting of 16 different serigraphs. In 1982 Alberto Burri created Sestante, a large cycle of seventeen cellotexes and an iron sculpture, which was exhibited from May to September of the following year in the space of the former Giudecca shipyards in Venice. The evocation of the old nautical instrument, which was used by travelers to establish the position of a given point with respect to the horizon, is a tribute to the maritime destiny of Venice. The paintings are Burri's umpteenth challenge: in their combinations the shapes and colors of the "sextant" create an inexhaustible cycle where there is not the slightest repetition. Within the same painting, or in the juxtaposition of one to the other, the kaleidoscope of shapes allows square and curvilinear structures to coexist, together with large chromatic backgrounds and dense visual patterns. In 1989 the artist proposed the cycle again as a graphic work, creating the "Sestante" series. The art historian Bruno Corà said that "in Burri's case, speaking of graphics does not mean speaking of a lesser production compared to paintings, but only of a different and parallel artistic modality, in conception and execution, in short such as to be able to be included with absolute importance in the production of the great painter, alongside all his other revolutionary innovative pronouncements". The work is presented in a frame.

Extendable table in walnut veneered wood, complete with original ceramics; Silvio Coppola designed this line of furniture for Bernini in the 1960s which takes up the theme of "popular" furniture. Good conditions

Oil painting on canvas. The great scene with a realist subject is set in a thick forest where, near a spring, a small family has stopped for a rest break: leaving the cart with their belongings (without a horse, therefore pulled by hand!), a man , a woman and a large group of children, are resting, eating, cooling off at the source or playing. From the top left a ray of sunlight filters through the trees, which illuminates the group of figures located at the bottom centre, protagonists of the scene. The painting is presented in a gilded frame from the late 19th - early 20th century.

Northern Italy, XVIII Century

Walnut travel writing desk with cabinet concealing twelve drawers, six of which are smaller on the sides. Small drawers for the writing desk on the front, large drawer underneath. Detachable wavy legs with external locking screws; feet restored or replaced.

Italy, Early XX Century

Pair of marble vases resting on a plinth base.