A pair of kingwood and tulipwood bedside cabinets, (adapted from commodes) Sicilian, part mid 18th century
(2)Estimate $2,000 – $4,000
each of serpentine bombe form, the later veined marble top above a single drawer and a cupboard door panelled to simulate two drawers, the sides with inlaid diaper ground, on four splayed legs with gilt-bronze sabots, handles and escutcheons
(2)
84 cm high, 54 cm wide, 34 cm deep
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
Provenance
King Vittorio Emanuele III
By descent
The Estate of a member of the Royal House of Savoy
Fine Continental Furniture and Tapestries
Sotheby's, London, 25 May 2001, lot 116
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