An Italian Renaissance ebony inlaid parcel-gilt and walnut secrétaire cabinet, Mantua or Ferrara mid 16th century with an egg-and -dart border above a pair of stop fluted Doric columns flanking a fall-front applied with an associated panel in the form of a scrolled boss depicting Cyclops in his forge with Venus and Cupid, the angles inlaid with heart-shaped motifs, the fall-front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a balustrade with a central door flanked by female terms opening to reveal a further fitted interior with twenty drawers, one fitted for inkpot and sander, the lower section with two doors centred by a lion mask with an iron handle in its jaws on a panel with low relief scrolling foliage opening to reveal a shelf, the stiles with piastre motifs and fluting, each side with an iron handle on grotesque mask feet; alterations to the lower doors 177.5cm. high, 136cm. wide, 52cm. deep; 5ft. 9¾in., 4ft. 5½in., 1ft. 8½in.
An Italian Renaissance ebony inlaid parcel-gilt and walnut secrétaire cabinet, Mantua or Ferrara mid 16th century with an egg-and -dart border above a pair of stop fluted Doric columns flanking a fall-front applied with an associated panel in the form of a scrolled boss depicting Cyclops in his forge with Venus and Cupid, the angles inlaid with heart-shaped motifs, the fall-front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a balustrade with a central door flanked by female terms opening to reveal a further fitted interior with twenty drawers, one fitted for inkpot and sander, the lower section with two doors centred by a lion mask with an iron handle in its jaws on a panel with low relief scrolling foliage opening to reveal a shelf, the stiles with piastre motifs and fluting, each side with an iron handle on grotesque mask feet; alterations to the lower doors 177.5cm. high, 136cm. wide, 52cm. deep; 5ft. 9¾in., 4ft. 5½in., 1ft. 8½in.
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