COMMODE. CARVED WOOD. 16TH CENTURY
Antiques - Furniture
Reference: ZF1317
Chest of drawers. Carved wood. 16th century. Restorations. A chest of drawers with a carved wooden front in its natural color features two drawers with metal handles and lock escutcheons above two doors with similar handles and locks, and a carved top. The figurative elements (male and female busts) appear within plain tondos, with simple geometric elements defining the rectangular areas they occupy. The sides have simpler carvings based on plain moldings, and the lower section displays a wave-like pattern. This type of figurative bust is very common in the European Renaissance (compare, for example, Calderón's Plateresque carvings made in 1524 in the choir of Sigüenza Cathedral, 16th-century Portuguese writing desks, the sides of the Azay-le-Rideau chest in the Louvre Museum in Paris, etc.), with the surrounding elements typically varying within tondos. The shape of the piece of furniture is also noteworthy, as it is not entirely typical of the Spanish school of the period.
· Size: 150x60,5x161 cms.
8.500 €
