A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone

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A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid CassoneOrigin: Italian Period: Late Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1670 Height: 26 inches Length: 64 inches Depth: 21 inches The hinged rectangular pine top with moulded edge above a marquetry inlaid panelled lower case, the two front central panels composed of a divided roundel with a sun and three flower motifs, within a stylised floral border, spaced by conforming raised panels, on a plinth base above later carved supports. Cassoni were

onyx and ivory

This is a rather delicate and finely woven example

They provide us with a fascinating insight into 17th century life on horseback and thus help paint a picture of skirmishes

for when trying to coax information of her past out of her she becomes agitated and seems to have a permanent snarl fixed onto her face

This cradle is a curious and early anthropological relic

Both of good proportions bearing original

and "Every piece a Surprise"

Frank Sidebotham Rippingille and Henry Viliers Rippingille had gone into business to make oil stoves and between 1893 and 1896 had patented various original designs of lamps and stoves that were to form the core of their new business

which would look lovely in a country kitchen

this box is now paper and suede lined

with the Ghiordes knot

The use of porcupine quill to decorate boxes for export was common in India in the nineteenth-century

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