Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Liquor Wine Cabinet Chest on Stand Cherubs 1880 Decorative Arts using frottage

using frottage

5 cm X 18 cm X 15 cm

the chest has four carved panels with the family names

with enameled floral & bat decoration

Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Liquor Wine Cabinet Chest on Stand Cherubs 1880 Decorative Arts using frottageA very fine antique Italian Florentine Renaissance Revival carved cabinet on stand, circa 1880. The cabinet has some of the finest carvings we have seen on a late 19th century cabinet, In two sections. The top with a stepped crown and a carved 'brickwork' band below, the hinged front (with original lock & key) is flanked by a pair of carved nude caryatid supports. The drop front is lavishly carved with a Bacchanalian scene of cherubs with a lion cub,