Shop Counter, Mahogany Marble and Bronze, Italy 19th Century

Features

Style:  Empire Revival

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Origin:  Italy

Main essence:  Mahogany

Material:  Bronze , Marble

Description

Shop counter composed of an u-shaped counter and a central cabinet. Mahogany veneered beech wood. Bronze docoration with galvanic gilding. Solid mahogany columns on the front side with bronze capitals embellished with marple leaves while the connecting nuts with the top are decorated with small roses. The band underneath the top shows a greek decoration with bay tree leaves. Inside the big frames between the columns there are bronze decorations; the main one is the one in the middle that shows big medallion with phytomorphic decoratention and a low relief of Mercury with solemnly waking typical characteristic: winged feet and headgear, caduceus in the left hand. The others bronze decorations symmetrically develop alog the sides: a central rosewindow from which depart leafy patterns inside lozenge frames, while in the middle of the short sides there is Mercury's face with his winged headgear and two snakes. The shop counter has a rear chest of drawers. Mercury's representation let us suppose that firstly it was a drugstore shop counter. Teh bacinet has two columns on the corners and decorations with bronze roses on the sides. Serpentine green marble wainscot and top.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 105
Width: 420
Depth: 75

Maximum size (cm):
Depth: 230