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BEAUTIFUL DRESSER in carved walnut and wood inlays...

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BEAUTIFUL DRESSER in carved walnut and wood inlays opening in the upper part by three leaves and three drawers in the belt. The upper part is decorated with masks with feather headdress in an architectural frame with broken pediment and harpy brackets, frieze with rosettes and acanthus leaves set in interlacing, drawers decorated with interlacing foliage, moulded side panels with inlaid decoration of light and blackened wood. The lower part is hollowed out with buttressed jambs, carved with penne, framing a semicircular arch, these jambs are flanked by scrolls that bear a mask of a grimacing faun and rest on clawed paws, the back panel is decorated with a large interlacing centered on a gadrooned oval, and the lower cornice is in the form of a doucine. Burgundy-Lyon, 1570 - 1580 Height : 159 cm - Width : 109,4 cm Depth : 47 cm (small accidents, small restorations, later keys)