Antique Italian Renaissance Painted Polychrome Carved Buffet Cabinet 1890

A very good antique French carved walnut dessert server, buffet, liquor cabinet in the Renaissance Revival taste, circa 1880. The carved back with a crest of twin cornucopia and a ca...

A very good antique Italian, Renaissance Revival carved walnut library/serving table, circa 1870. The table top having a carved gadrooned edge with substantial carved supports at each end, the ends having incised carved decoration and acanthus leaf brackets, the table is raised on large carved lion's paw feet. Condition is very good. Bloomsbury Fine Art...

A fine carved antique Italian walnut Sgabello Renaissance Revival side chair, circa 1870. The chair is very finely carved, the chair back with a carved, fluted domed shaped finial w...

A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf carving with a carved mask to the center, the chair is upholstered in a high quality gold fabric with a scrolling leafy pattern. The curved arms terminate with carved dragon's claws resting on grotesque heads with ram's horns, the seat is of X-frame or Curule shape, the lower front of the seat having a carved knight's helmet flanked with a pair of halberds or battle axes. The curved legs joined with a 'H' frame stretcher with rounded stretcher bars carved with acanthus leaves, the chair is raised on substantial carved paw feet. Condition is excellent the chair is very sturdy & comfortable, the upholstery & fabric are in great condition, the chair exemplifies the carver's art & ability, this truly is a rare & spectacular carved antique Italian Renaissance Revival chair...