Italian antique and period furniture

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an antique wooden box with carved flowers and leaves on the front, sitting on casteors

18th Century Italian Fruitwood Wedding Chest

18th Century Italian Fruitwood Wedding Chest 7

a wooden cabinet with many drawers on it

Unusual Furniture

Art Nouveau Furniture

Victorian Furniture

Luxury Furniture Brands

Art Deco Exuberant Walnut, Ebony and Marble Drawer Chest

an ornately decorated table with black and gold paint on the top, sitting against a white background

Dining Room Suites

Louis Xvi Furniture

Wood Carving Furniture

A Very Fine Italian 19th Century Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Pietra Dura Occasional Table by Enrico Bosi (active 1850-1865), Florence, the marquetry circular top inset with a floral spray and butterflies in lapis lazuli, marble and colorful stones, set in a conforming frame over the baluster form standard, raised on a leaf carved tripod base. Attached lablel reads "H. BOSI - Place S. Trinita No. 1 - Florence". Circa: 1860. Enrico Bosi was active from 1850 to 1865 and had his workshop in via Tornabuoni, later in Piazza San Trinitá in Florence, Italy. For several decades he supplied an international clientele who visited Florence and also exhibited internationally. Together with makers such as Francesco Betti, Bianchini and the Buoninsegni brothers, he filled the void left by the decline of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, supporting the high demand for these luxury objects by aristocratic and bourgeois patrons. He was a personal acquaintance of Victor Emmanuele II, who made him an equerry and acquired pieces from him, such as the cabinet on stand now in Palazzo Pitti, Florence.The end of the Tuscan Grand Duchy in 1859 spelled disaster for the pietre dure workshops, which had always been closely linked to the court of the Medicis. Notoriously uninterested in art, the House of Savoy, now the ruling family of the unified country, completely ignored their work, preferring instead to obtain their furnishings and gifts - which were bourgeois rather than royal - from private Florentine workshops, such as that of Enrico Bosi. Bosi established a workshop on the via Tornabuoni, Florence, in 1858, and for the forty years following exhibited widely, both in Italy and abroad. He was a personal acquaintance of Victor Emmanuele II, who made him an equerry, and he probably made the frame for the portrait of the King presented to the Bey of Egypt in 1870.

an ornately decorated table with a statue on it's legs and a black marble top

attributed to antonio aguatti ||| guéridon

an ornately decorated blue and gold side table

AN ITALIAN ORMOLU AND LAPIS LAZULI CENTRE TABLE, BY BALDI, FLORENCE | Christie's

an ornately decorated wooden table with gold and glass decorations on the top, sitting against a gray background

Italienischer Prunktisch - Lot 846

Rom, erstes Viertel / Mitte 19. Jh.Italienischer Prunktisch, Auktion 1086 Kunstgewerbe, Lot 846

an antique console table with marble top and gold trimmings on the legs, against a white background

Victorian Entrance

Furniture History

Weird Furniture

Marble Top Console Table

Mirrored Console Table

Italian Neo-Classic Style Gilt Marble Top Console Table

18th Century Italian Demilune Console Table

an antique wooden chair with a gold mask on it's back and seat cushion

Adirondack Chair Plans Free

Black And White Chair

Blue Dining Room Chairs

France Style

Oversized Chair And Ottoman

Small Accent Chairs

Medusa Head

Art Chair

Set of Six Italian Neoclassical Klismos Medusa Head Side Chairs, circa 1810-1820

Set of Six Italian Neoclassical Klismos Medusa Head Side Chairs, ca 1810-1820

two large blue vases sitting next to each other

Pair of Lapis Lazuli vases from Rome – c.1790-1810.

an ornate blue and gold table in a room with paintings on the wall behind it

Mixing Furniture Styles Living Room

'A very curious blue cabinet of Lapis Lazuli on a wrought gilt frame' 435082.1

A fine and rare late 17th century lapis lazuli table cabinet of architectural form, the arched pediment centre flanked by volutes above a projecting entablature supported on four free standing Corinthian columns the front entirely panelled with richly coloured lapis lazuli within ebonised and parcel gilt moulded and beaded borders. Fitted with many ordinary and secret drawers. The top, sides and base of ebony.1670-1700

AN ITALIAN ORMOLU AND LAPIS LAZULI CENTRE TABLE, BY BALDI, FLORENCE | Christie's

AN ITALIAN ORMOLU AND LAPIS LAZULI CENTRE TABLE BY BALDI, FLORENCE The frieze applied with flowerheads and anthemions, on lion winged monopodia and a patinated-bronze plinth base, with Baldi trade label 36 in. (91 cm.) high; 43 ½ in. (110.5 cm.) diameter