Ancient Safe Restoration Era '800 Walnut Iron Bronze Steel - Italy, Second Quarter XIX Century

Italy, First Quarter XIX Century

Wardrobe with 2-door front decorated with carved rhomboidal tiles. Inside there are 2 doors on the bottom shelf. Italy first quarter of the 19th century

Austria, First Half XIX Century

Wall clock in gilded wood with non-coeval plastic applications. Exhibition in metal and chiseled bronze with Roman numeral hours held by a crown of leaves and grapes. Bronze pendulum depicting the effigy of the sun.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Umbertine work table in walnut and walnut veneer, Italy, late 19th century. Top and drawer band veneered in walnut root, turned legs and crosspiece. cherry interior.

The Nine Muses

Tapestry. The word Euterp appears at the bottom right. The enormous grass juice depicts the nine Muses, female Greek divinities, all sisters, as daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and having the god Apollo as their guide. They represented the supreme ideal of Art, understood as the truth of the "Everything" or the "eternal magnificence of the divine". Initially considered in a generic way as divinities of song and joyous dances, responsible for putting into music and verse stories such as the origin of the world, the birth of gods and men, the exploits of Zeus, and often depicted accompanied by various musical instruments, starting from the Hellenistic era, all singing and musical expressions were associated with them, including sad and funeral ones, and other arts such as theatre, and each of them was associated with a specific genre of art, so that they could be invoked individually to exercise their inspiration and protection. The word "Euterp"refers to the name of one of them, Euterpe, muse of lyric poetry and music, traditionally depicted with a flute; but the name Euterpe etymologically means "She who cheers" who brings joy, and one can therefore think that the choice of this name to title the tapestry refers to the most ancient function of the Muses, those of bringers of joy through art. In this presentation, the muses appear dancing, dressed in veils and flowering branches; in their hands or placed next to them, instruments or other objects symbolizing the art that they inspire appear (both tragic and comic theatrical masks, the pictorial palette, various musical instruments...). The large painting has signs of wear and humidity stains.

Italy, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Mirror carved in pastiglia with motifs and festoons of neoclassical taste, it is entirely gilded.

Germany, First Half XIX Century

Hand-painted porcelain bowl with gallant scenes and floral motifs within reserves. Manufacture mark on the reverse.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Neo-Renaissance display cabinet in walnut and walnut veneer, Italy, late 19th century. In front of a glass door, the sides are also glass; drawer in the lower section. Richly carved with Renaissance-style motifs, such as candelabras, frets, phytomorphic elements, fruits, fantastic animals, vases and masks. Cimasa decorated with cartouche.

Genoa Second Quarter XIX Century

Restoration sofa in mahogany, Genoa second quarter of the 19th century. Carvings portraying leafy and phytomorphic elements, including the podded rosette placed on the top of the backrest and the voluminous anthemas of the armrests; breadsticked parts. A mahogany feather veneer acts as a backdrop to the anthems. Backrest, armrests and seat padded and covered with brocade fabric. Internal structure in poplar.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Group of six ceramic plates. Stylized blue decorations below deck on the edges and ideograms on the bottom of each.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Group of 4 Neo-Renaissance walnut chairs and armcahir supported by legs that are connected to each other by crossbeams of which the frontal one is engraved with leafy scrolls; the top of the backrest is also engraved with following arches and the gilded leafy scroolls on top of the pillars. The seat is padded and leather lined while the band of the backrest is made of refined cardboard.

Lombardy, Mid XIX Century

Lombard extendable table, supported by turned legs. In walnut, extensions are missing.