Terracotta Lady by Bruno Merli - Italy 1940s

Italy, Early XX Century

Neo-Baroque style wardrobe, lacquered and gilded. Front with a pair of paneled doors, matching the sides, carved and gilded top and base moldings, and feral feet. Adjustable internal shelves with a rack. Italy, early 20th century.

Bookcase

Double-body bookcase Italy style. Cabinet with open top, made of walnut with antique woods; doors with carved panels and elaborate frame.

China, XX Century

Bamboo etagere. Three lacquered and painted chinoiserie shelves, minor wear. China, 20th century.

Italy, XX Century

Empire-style secretaire, walnut veneer. Floral and leafy maple inlays throughout, three drawer fronts surmounted by a drop-down door concealing an open compartment. Turned and ebonized half-columns, a projecting drawer in the under-counter band, and truncated pyramidal feet. Italy, 20th century.

France, Early XX Century

Empire-style mahogany secretaire. Front features four drawers surmounted by a drop-leaf door concealing an internal cabinet with three drawers, an open compartment with a mirror, and three ebonized columns. Uprights consist of truncated pyramidal columns with chiseled and gilded bronze capitals and bases, as do the escutcheons, handles, and decorations on the under-top band. Turned legs and beech interior. France, early 20th century.

Italy, Early XX Century

A late Baroque chest of drawers veneered in walnut burl, violet wood, and mahogany, with maple trim and inlays. Curved front and sides, three drawers, the first of which is in the lower section, and a second and third drawer with double locks in the handles. Fir interior. Bronze handles and escutcheons. Italy, early 20th century.

French Commode

Louis XVI-style cupboard from the early 20th century. Four truncated pyramid legs support a curved front with a single door on olive hinges, and a rare purple breccia top. The cabinet is veneered in mahogany with marquetry inserts made from small, opposing squares of blond mahogany. The entire surface is enriched with finely chased and gilded bronzes. The legs feature small floral festoons, uprights with gilded bronze asparagus inserted into the tapers, cornices in the inserts, and leafy scrolls in the band below the top are also gilded bronze. At the center, a lion's head between two oak and ivy branches holds a drape in its mouth, from which hangs a myrtle branch that decorates the central medallion depicting a bacchanal with fauns.

Corner etagere

Small Regency-style corner etagere made in the early 1900s. Three lightweight saber-shaped uprights are connected by two shelves, one with a drawer, and an upper shelf with compartments for holding toiletry items. Made of mahogany with brass knobs.

Italy, Mid XX Century

A two-drawer chest of drawers in the Baroque style from the mid-20th century. The walnut frame sits on tall legs, joined by a shaped apron and ending with goat feet. Two drawers on the front are veneered in walnut with filleting.

Italy, XX Century

Neoclassical chest of drawers. The front of the two drawers is richly carved with grape vines, the sides are turned, and the feet are carved in a truncated cone shape. The handles are wrought bronze, the top is white marble. Italy, 20th century.

Italy, XX Century

Painted wooden plate rack, three shelves supported laterally by scroll-shaped uprights. Italy, 20th century.

Italy, XX Century

Baroque-style lacquered and painted wardrobe. Front with a pair of doors and uprights painted with leafy motifs and scrolls. Bracketed legs, interior with five shelves. Italy, 20th century.