Renaissance Antique Furniture

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Item No. 1211

Italian, Renaissance Period side table

In solid carved walnut with gilded accents, rectilinear in form having central baluster adorned with swags and surrounded by four columns decorated with acanthus leaves, the whole resting on a guilloches patterned base resting on lion claw feet. Restorations of maintenance. Circa late 16th century or early 17th century.

27½" by 25¾" by 31" high

Item No. 1173

Italian, Renaissance period cassone

In solid carved walnut, vigorously sculpted with leaves, vines and other vegetation; the façade featuring framed allegorical figures and flanked by caryatids, the gadrooned lid with tabernacle featuring sliding door which opens to reveal secret compartment, the bottom apron adorned with garlands of fruit, the whole resting upon elongated claw feet. Circa: 1550. Tuscany.

67" wide by 35" high by 27½" deep

Item No. 1170

Pair of French, Faience, covered jars (pilgrim flasks)

Each one depicting cherubs blowing horns and riding fantastical beasts on a blue background. The sides flanked by rams head masks. Nevers, France. 19th century.

Signed: Antoine Montagnon

12¾" high

Item No. 1162

Italian, Renaissance style refectory table

In solid, carved walnut; carved on all four sides with gadrooned edge; the top inset with leather writing surface; the whole support vigorously carved with acanthus leaves and caryatids. Rome, circa 1825.

57" wide

Item No. 1146

French, late Renaissance/early Baroque period (Louis XIII) petite deux corps

In solid, walnut, exhuberantly carved with grape vines; having original locks, hinges, escutcheon plates, and keys. From Bourgogne, France, circa 1610.

In the manner of Hugues Sambin.

78" high by 38" wide

Item No. 1104

Large, Rennaisance period Hispano-Mauresque ceramic plate

Of unusually large size, tin-glazed and gadrooned with plant motifs. The center adorned with a bird in profile, the reverse decorated with concentric lines. From Spain, either Manises, Paterna or Triana. Circa 1550.

16½" diameter

Item No. 1064

Late 15th century, French, Gothic period coffre

In solid, carved oak. The front composed of three panels carved in Gothic architectural style with arches, ribs, rosettes, and columns; the two side doors carved with large "linen folds"; having two inside shelves.

In very good condition with excellent patina; circa 1480 with some 19th century modifications.

49½" wide by 24½" deep by 33½" high

Item No. 1080

Italian Renaissance Credenza

In solid, carved walnut, the rectangular top above a conforming case with a breakfronted dentil molded edge, above two molded frieze drawers centered and flanked by putti heads over a pair of paneled doors centered by rayed ovals within with scroll carved border between stiles carved with standing putto figures and pendent foliage, raised on a conforming plinth.

Mid-16th century.

Provenance:

Raoul Tolentino, New York, 1926
Sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 2, 1957, lot 185, illus.
By descent to the present owner

A credenza with almost identical carving to the door panels formerly in the Kaiser Freidrich Museum, now the Bode Museum, is illustrated, Frida Schottmüller, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, New York: B. Westermann Co., 2nd rev. ed., 1928, p. 91, fig. 217.

46" high by 68" wide by 19¾" deep

Item No. 763

Rare, Florentine, Renaissance period refectory table

In solid, carved black walnut. The top of two planks, both supporting elements styled as caryatids on both sides and joined by a stretcher, the whole resting upon claw feet. Late 16th century.

90" wide by 29" deep by 30" high

Item No. 945

Spanish, Renaissance period walnut caixa

The rectangular moulded top above carved panels depicting shell-headed flowering urn flanked by acanthus and divided by scrolled pilasters, the sides carved conformingly, with moulded plinth and scrolled feet, the feet replaced. Late 16th or early 17th century.

30¾" high by 63½" wide by 27¼" deep

Item No. 1029

Fine, Italian, Renaissance period marriage cassone

The case in solid oak with punched leather, iron mounts, and domed top. Bearing the coats of arms of the Visconti and Pallavicino families. 16th century.

24½" high by 50½" long by 15¾" deep

Item No. 990

Late Renaissance, Spanish credenzia table

Late 16th or early 17th century in solid, carved walnut on all four sides with two drawers and wrought iron stretcher (restored).

54" wide by 26" deep by 34" high

Item No. 955

Fine, Florentine, Renaissance period credenzia

In solid, carved walnut. Early 17th century.

47" high by 59½" wide by 22" deep

Item No. 819

Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table

In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations.

68" wide by 29¾" high by 34" deep

Item No. 623

Florentine, Renaissance period, intarsia-inlaid cassone

In solid, carved walnut with dome top. Late 16th or early 17th century.

65" wide

Item No. 664

Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone

In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.

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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.

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

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

Exceptional, French, Renaissance period, dressoir (cabinet)

Item No. 1013

Exceptional, French, Renaissance period, dressoir (cabinet)

In solid, carved oak. From the Loire Valley. Circa 1580.

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