MARQUETRY BOX. LEMON TREE WOOD, PALO SANTO WOOD, ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY. 19TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Miscellaneous / Other Objects
Reference: Z5945
Box with marquetry decorations. Lemongrass, rosewood, rosewood, mahogany. 19th century. Rectangular box with a flat lid made of wood and decorated with delicate marquetry with lemongrass, rosewood, rosewood and mahogany, with smooth mouldings in the lower area on the small legs. The fronts and the lid have geometric compositions reminiscent of Italian “grotesques” (without the figurative elements that were common in these Renaissance compositions that had such an influence in Europe), harmoniously distributed around a marked axis of symmetry.
· Size: 17x27x18 cms.
450 €