Antique walnut chest of drawers with three drawers from the 19th century

Lyre-shaped box with three drawers, walnut, 1800s, originating from Piedmont, in excellent condition, restored approximately twenty years ago. The support legs are decorated with a front carved motif depicting leaves and grapes, which is repeated on the external frame surrounding the drawers. The drawers are adorned with an oval image featuring geometric decorations made from boxwood marquetry, around a flush-mounted plaque with a lock. The sides are shaped like a lyre, and the top has a central marquetry panel in an oval field with a chariot drawn by a horse and figures against a background of ebony and pearwood. The top was replaced in the past with a new one, originally intended to be marble. Piedmont, first half of the 19th century.

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