Stylish 17th century Italian cabinet/chest of drawers from Genoa

Magnificent, Genoese-style carved coin cabinet made of walnut wood with twenty-one drawers, created for storing secrets from the 17th century. This Italian Louis XIV coin cabinet features an extraordinary architectural form, with sixteen drawers at the front—two vertical rows of four drawers each—centered by an edicule with a carved nude male figure standing in a niche of the central body, between two Doric columns. The base of the edicule conceals an imitation of a drawer, and the broken tympanum fronton hides another drawer.

The side edges are decorated with armorers, warriors, and carved figures. The coin cabinet rests on an overhanging frame and two bracket feet, with the upper part featuring a frame with carved sawtooth decoration. The central doors reveal six drawers in two vertical rows, hiding many secrets.

The coin cabinet is full of secrets: one is hidden behind the drawer of the central base; within the lock of six drawers behind the doors, there is another compartment behind the row of two lower drawers. When removing the lock, you find a compartment in the right rear corner with three drawers hidden behind a vertical poplar strip.

It contains twenty-one drawers: ten at the front, six in the central tabernacle doors, and five additional drawers divided into three secret compartments.

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