Imposing Italian Baroque bureau cabinet,
Known as a "Bureau Trumeau", Venice, 18th century and later. A bureau à deux corps, made in walnut-veneered softwood with serpentine sides, the front with rounded and angled shaping, veneered in fillets and with crossbanding and panels. The piece has a wide lower section with 3 drawers, these lined with white moiré silk, with a fall-front writing surface enclosing interior drawers and compartments, and with 2 lined secret compartments below the central sliding top. The upper section has a moulded broken pediment, 2 glazed doors and a tall narrow door at each side, the interior lined again in white moiré silk. Ca. 257 x 158 x 64 cm. This piece has recently undergone a complete restoration. With slight wear. (DOC)
Lit.:
Clara Santini, Mille mobili Veneti, fig. 73 (p. 84) and fig. 78 (p. 90), Artioli Editore, Modena 2002
Provenance:
from a Roman collection
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
25.10.2018 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 43,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 40,000.- to EUR 50,000.-
Imposing Italian Baroque bureau cabinet,
Known as a "Bureau Trumeau", Venice, 18th century and later. A bureau à deux corps, made in walnut-veneered softwood with serpentine sides, the front with rounded and angled shaping, veneered in fillets and with crossbanding and panels. The piece has a wide lower section with 3 drawers, these lined with white moiré silk, with a fall-front writing surface enclosing interior drawers and compartments, and with 2 lined secret compartments below the central sliding top. The upper section has a moulded broken pediment, 2 glazed doors and a tall narrow door at each side, the interior lined again in white moiré silk. Ca. 257 x 158 x 64 cm. This piece has recently undergone a complete restoration. With slight wear. (DOC)
Lit.:
Clara Santini, Mille mobili Veneti, fig. 73 (p. 84) and fig. 78 (p. 90), Artioli Editore, Modena 2002
Provenance:
from a Roman collection
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 25.10.2018 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.10. - 25.10.2018 |
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