Italian Antique Furniture

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These Italian Antique Furniture have been sold. We leave select sold items in our gallery to show the kind of pieces we can locate. Please do not hesitate to inquire if you would like us to find something like any of these for you!

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Sicilian, Renaissance style, Faience apothecary jar
Item No. 1135
Sicilian, Renaissance style, Faience apothecary jar

Second half of the 18th century.
Italian, Baroque style, scagliola panel
Item No. 1129
Italian, Baroque style, scagliola panel

Decorated with flowers and foliage surrounded by an onyx border, the whole resting upon a modern, wrought iron base. Circa 1825-1830.
Renaissance period coffret (document box)
Item No. 1127
Renaissance period coffret (document box)

Of rectangular form, in solid walnut, having carved floret-framed paneled sides and the façade with carvings of maps and telescopes, the whole resting atop four paw feet.

Early 17th century. Florence.

19" wide by 11½" high by 11½" deep
Italian, neoclassical style, alabaster pedestal
Item No. 1114
Italian, neoclassical style, alabaster pedestal

19th century.
Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat
Item No. 1109
Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat

In walnut, rosewood, and boxwood having marquetry inlay on all four sides and top. The top and sides centered by decorative urns, the front having five drawers and a pull-out writing surface.

Milan, circa 1780.

52" wide
Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commodini
Item No. 1089
Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry-inlaid commodini

Having two drawers with original, gray-veined Carrara marble top. Adorned with musical instruments framed with foliage and floral motifs. Piemont, Italy. Circa 1780.

20½" wide by 34½" high by 13" deep
Italian Neoclassical painted and parcel-gilt silk upholstered settee
Item No. 1079
Italian Neoclassical painted and parcel-gilt silk upholstered settee

The crestrail centered by ribbon-tied flowers surmounting a molded frame, raised on fluted tapering legs. Late 18th century.

37" high by 78" wide by 22¼"deep
Pair of very fine, Italian, Empire period curule seats
Item No. 1036
Pair of very fine, Italian, Empire period curule seats

In solid, carved giltwood. First quarter of the 19th century.

The curule seat was first used by the Ancient Romans to denote political or military power. It was adopted by later European rulers, including Napoléon Bonaparte.

38" wide by 21" deep by 29" high
Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions
Item No. 875
Set of four, very fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, grey-painted and giltwood boiserie panels of large dimensions

The panels circa 1800, the later frames mid-19th century. Each one painted with classical figures: Minerva, Apollo, Bacchus, and Diana. The frames inscribed "SALONE BALLO."

large pair: 76" high by 62¼" wide; small pair 74½" high by 62½" wide
Exceptional, Florentine, Renaissance period cassone
Item No. 1075
Exceptional, Florentine, Renaissance period cassone

In solid, carved walnut. Mid-16th century.

71" wide by 30" deep by 35½" high
Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu
Item No. 1067
Fine, Northern Italian, painted and parcel gilded table de milieu

With marble top having outset corners above a scrolling foliate-carved frieze (en arabesque), with female masks at the corners, the whole atop tapering, stop-fluted legs terminating in lion's paw feet. Circa 1780.

33¼" high by 51½" wide by 28¼" deep
Pair of Italian, Rococo style, painted and silvered fauteuils
Item No. 1042
Pair of Italian, Rococo style, painted and silvered fauteuils

Late 18th or early 19th century. (One of identical pair shown)
Italian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded vitrine
Item No. 1041
Italian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded vitrine

With three interior shelves. Late 19th century.
Fine, Italian, Neoclassical style, marquetry-inlaid bed
Item No. 1034
Fine, Italian, Neoclassical style, marquetry-inlaid bed

In walnut with ebony and satinwood veneers. Naples, Italy. Circa 1880.
Set of ten fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded dining chairs
Item No. 1025
Set of ten fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded dining chairs

Comprised of two armchairs and eight sidechairs, back-splats painted with various noble figures. Circa 1830-1840.
Fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilded, diminutive console table
Item No. 913
Fine, Italian, Neoclassical period, painted and parcel-gilded, diminutive console table

With Carrera marble top. Circa 1780.

34" wide by 31" high by 13" deep
Pair of very fine, Venetian, Rococo period tall-back armchairs
Item No. 999
Pair of very fine, Venetian, Rococo period tall-back armchairs

Each cartouche-shaped backrest with pierced foliate carved top rail, the downswept scrolled armrests, above the serpentine-fronted seat above a pierced apron, raised on cabriole legs with scrolled toes; upholstered à chassis. Circa 1730. Regilt.

48" tall (at back), 18½" tall (at seat) by 27" wide x 21½" deep
Important, Italian, Renaissance period, giltwood and pastiglia cassone
Item No. 836
Important, Italian, Renaissance period, giltwood and pastiglia cassone

The arched top decorated and star-shaped motif centered by a coat-of-arms, above a rectangular body decorated in pastiglia with figures in procession, the sides with similar star-shaped motif on bracket legs. Circa 1430, with restorations.

Provenance: Formerly part of the collection of Émile Gavet (1830-1904), Paris; sold to William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont (1853-1933) at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island; possibly later conveyed to John Ringling (1866-1936) in Sarasota, Florida.

29½" high by 71½" wide by 23¼" deep
Pair of fine, Italian Maiolica Jars
Item No. 956
Pair of fine, Italian Maiolica Jars

Each of globular form, painted with flowers and foliage. 17th century.

14½" tall
Very fine, Italian, Renaissance period cassone
Item No. 936
Very fine, Italian, Renaissance period cassone

In solid, carved walnut. 16th century and later.

31½" high by 72½" wide by 23½" deep (all measurements including base)



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