SELEZIONE ANTIQUARIATO

Tuscany, Early XVII Century

Mannerist wardrobe in lacquered walnut, with walnut parts, painted parts and gold leaf gilded parts. Front with a pair of externally bipartite doors, gilded leaf decorations in the partitions, internally decorated in tempera with scenes of the Annunciation in the panels, circumscribed by gilded leaf decorations. Uprights with tapered and gilded columns, base and top with painted leaf decorations. Double bracket feet carved with scrolls. Back, base bottom and lock replaced. Tuscany, early 17th century.

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Pair of baroque columns, on the front they are decorated with a large carved coat of arms, partially gilded and lacquered. The coat of arms is inserted between baroque scrolls composed of curls and festoons and refers to the Soldani-Benzi family, originally from Montevarchi but also based in Florence in Santa Croce. The columns, from the Baroque period, correspond to the life period of the famous Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740), Florentine painter, sculptor and medallist. Lacquered and gilded with a mission, they bear the family coat of arms as described in the Florentine state archives, Quartered: in the 1st of silver, with two raised bands of azure; in the 2nd party, a/ of azure, with a darting dolphin in a pale of gold, b/ banded ruffled of azure and gold; in the 3rd of azure, with three bands of gold each charged with three roses of red; in the 4th of silver, with a reversed chevron of red. Resumptions in the lacquering and gilding

Italy, Late XIX Century

Eight-light gilded wrought iron chandelier, gilded bronze flower bobeches and candle holders, finely crafted rock crystal necklaces, pendants, flowers and tips. Italy, late 19th century.

Italy, 1993

Bronze sculpture depicting a horse. Signature of the author and year of creation engraved on the left front leg.

Italy, Late XX Century

Pair of five-flame candelabra in embossed and chiseled silver. Base supported by feral-shaped feet alternating with fan-shaped decoration. Fluted column shaft culminating in a Corinthian capital and arms with leafy scrolls. Silver hallmarks incised on the upper part of the base. 3300 grams.

Italy, XX Century

Embossed, podded and finely chiselled silver lamp. Stem depicting a tree trunk surrounded by vine shoots and cherubs. Under the base engraved silver marks, engraved silversmith's signature and applied retailer's label. Approximately 2400 grams.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Empire secretaire made in Milan in the early 19th century in walnut veneered in mahogany and mahogany feather; on the front three drawers in the base body and in the upper part a flap door with a thin drawer under the top, contained between two pilasters with gilded bronze feet at the base and a female protome at the capital; the door with a mechanism with counterweights that accompanies the movement has a cabinet composed of open letter holders and six small drawers with a finely chiseled and gilded lion-shaped handle, all hiding complex and numerous secret compartments. Finely chiseled and gilded gilded bronze escutcheons. The bronzes are of a quality that in Milan can be attributed to the Manfredini brothers. Square plinth feet.

Italy, Early XIX Century

Empire period free-standing mirror, Milan, early 19th century. The mirror, completely veneered in mahogany feather, has a finely chiseled bronze frame, gilded with shiny and opaque parts, which surrounds the mercury mirror. In the upper frame there are bronze applications, two very fine rosettes on the sides with small chiseled oak leaves with bells and the central anthemium motif. The construction is made of walnut. This quality of bronzes in Milan in those years is only found in the Manfredini factory.

Milan, late 19th century

A Neoclassical late 18th Century lacquered wood wall table with truncated pyramid legs and carved shelves. Frames decorated with leaves, lion head, oak leaves roses. Macchiavecchia marble top. Gilded and lacquered. Manufactured in Northern Italy (Lombardia).

Lombardy, Early XVIII Century

Antique Baroque Lantern Holders Gilded Wood Italy XVIII Century Pair of lantern holders with iron structure and carved and gilded wooden body. An expression of fully baroque taste, the arms are moved in an "S" shape, while the wooden essence is carved with characteristic flower and leaf motifs that curl. The floral corollas at the ends of the arms hide the hook that originally held the lantern holding chain.

Paris, Late XIX Century

Vase holder tripod in gilded bronze and Sèvres ceramic, modeled after Pierre Gouthière. Circular base in cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain, with golden decorations on the top and wreath of myrtle leaves on the band; underneath three feet in gilded bronze with a spiral motif support the whole thing. The three bronze goat feet rest on the surface with an upside-down pine cone in the centre; the tripod is contained by a band decorated with frets in the lower part, the uprights end with faun heads characterized by a long beard and ram's horns, connected to each other by festoons of vine leaves and bunches of grapes. In the centre, descending from above following a spiral trajectory, is the figure of a snake with a body covered in scales and a wide open mouth. On the top it has a second pine cone element, opposite to the first, surmounted by a tuft of leaves arranged in a radial pattern and by a vase holder plate, the latter embellished with a fret and ending with a perforated railing element with an everted edge. These elements, originally separated by a Sèvres porcelain vase missing here, were superimposed and fixed together at a later stage. The base features the Sèvres manufacturing mark.

Florence, Mid XVIII Century

Baroque console in carved and gilded wood with top in Siena's marble, Florence, mid-18th century. Supported by four wavy legs connected to each other by a central crosspiece, the console is decorated with curl carvings, "C" shaped volutes and rocaille, leafy and floral elements, the latter placed in the band under the top. Restorations on the floor.

Tuscany, England Mid 19th century

Circular top in various essences of marble, with polychrome checkerboard in the center; the marble is framed in a rosewood support, supported by a central turned baluster resting on three shaped and fluted feet.

Naples Third Quarter XVIII Century

Neapolitan Rococo chest of drawers, supported by curved feet, the under-the-top band is curved as well; on the curved front, it features two drawers with retractable chain. Quadripartite veneered wood, with double borders set at 45° degrees, the same motif is proposed in the reserves on the sides. The two drawers are decorated with a central inlay with a poly-lobed threading with a bouquet of flowers inside, inhabited by a parrot. The shaped top is in red breccia marble from the Appennini; the handles is bronzy and bronze appliqués are used on the feet, on the upper part of the uprights and in the centre of the frontal apron.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies First Quarter 19th Century

Gueridon supported by three uprights carved with lion feet and in the upper part with caryatids, to support the undertop band. The female figures are standing, dressed according to the Egyptian taste: they wear a low-cut dress that leaves the breasts uncovered, tightened at the waist by a belt, they wear bracelets and necklaces, while the hair is styled according to the Egyptian taste, with braids that fall neatly on the shoulders. These figures are partly ebonized, to make the skin, while the clothes and details are gilded. The legs are connected by a platform in the shape of a concave triangle. The circular top is in alabaster, enclosed within a cherry veneered frame.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

French Napoleon III center bookcase, supported by wavy legs, the lower band on both the front and sides is shaped; on the front it has two doors finished with fake books, with applied leather ribs, so as to simulate an open bookcase. In the upper part there is an open compartment and an upper tray shelf. The etagere has a similar shape, but in the central compartment there are various shelves placed at different heights. Interior in mahogany, they are veneered in bois de rose, with a 45 ° cut and quadripartite on the tops; the furniture is decorated with gilded bronzes and worked with leafy volutes, in the shoes, on the uprights, on the lower band and in the side handles.

England First Quarter XIX Century

Pair of tripods supported by saber-shaped uprights with lion feet, are connected by a small hexagonal shelf in the lower part; above, they frame a top that is also hexagonal, with a high band adorned with rosette carvings, also re-proposed on the top of the uprights. Rosewood.

Milan, 1750 ca.

Pair of lamp holders in carved pine wood, lacquered white and partially gilded, supported by a cylindrical rod. Composed of large opposing "C" volutes, they are carved with curls and leaf motifs, embellished with a flowering branch that descends from the upper corolla, a support for the candle. Above the two lights there is a perforated and gilded sheet iron plate.

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Venetian baroque console supported by wavy legs, the apron on the front and sides is carved with characteristic rocaille motifs. In walnut, the shaped top is in alabaster with a border in black marble and white Botticino.

Rome, Late XVIII Century

Walnut trumeau completely veneered in bois de violette, fillets and phytomorphic inlays in maple, on the entire surface. Base with three drawers with a wavy front, pierced and carved pilasters with a curling movement, two placed on the front uprights at 45 degrees and another four halfway up the sides where the piece of furniture widens through a constructive leavening. Drop-leaf door, concealing a cabinet with a pair of lateral drawers surmounted and a central open compartment, secret in the sliding top. Upper part with a pair of mercury mirror doors and two lamp-holder drawers underneath, internal castle composed of three drawers and open compartments, cymatium with a carved scroll molding. The carved parts of the piece of furniture, frames and curls are ebonized, the feet end in a shelf at the front. Interior of the drawers in poplar. Antique escutcheons in chiseled and gilded bronze. Restoration. Rome, second quarter of the 18th century.

Italy, Late XX Century

Coffee table resting on a base, two large uprights on the sides, central shelf, top with false grip sides. Veneered in mahogany and walnut burl.

Italy, Late XVIII Century

Neoclassical bedside table, late 18th century, Lombardy. The piece of furniture is veneered in citronnier, maple, boxwood and other light woods for the inlays; both the front where the door is housed and the sides are made with a lowered central panel in citronnier, with an octagonal reserve in the centre enclosed by a moulded and inlaid frame; the reserves on a maple background have an architectural inlay with capricci, temples, statues and figures. The panels are inserted in a double frame with a brass-plated frame and citronnier veneer arranged head-on and in a herringbone pattern. An inlaid frame in the base delimits the four truncated pyramid feet and another supports the top in which a top in green alps marble is set. Missing parts and restorations, walnut interior. The piece of furniture is similar to the production of Giovanni Maffezzoli although it does not reach the quality of the Cremonese master in inlay.