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(Heidelberg, 1992), M5.\r\nRijksmuseum: Catalogus van Meubelen en Betimmeringen. (Amsterdam, 1952), cat. nr. 392 pl. 14\nMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund 1916 (16. 154. 12)\n\nSothebys London, 29/10/2003 lot 138; 105 x 160 x 63cm c1600\n\nFerenc Batári, and Erzsébet Vadászi ; edited by Elvira Király : Art of furniture-making from the Gothic to the Biedermeier: European Furniture from the 15th to the 19th Century in the Nagytétény\r\nCastle Museum ([Budapest : Museum of Applied Arts], 2002.), no. 6 p.25 \r\n","briefDescription":"Carved walnut credenza, Italian, 1550-1600","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"William M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture (New York, 1918), fig. 127 \r\nTuscan, first half of the XVI century"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"BENN, H.P. & H.P. Shapland:  The Nations Treasures.  Measured Drawings of Fine Old Furniture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. (London, 1910), plate 6 p.32\n\n‘Sixteenth-century Italian chest. Plate 6, page 32. This Italian chest is interesting as being the prototype of many similar and cruder examples made in this country. The front is divided by four fluted pilasters, surmounted by flat console brackets between which are drawers. In this country the drawers were left out and the top was hinged, to form a deep chest. There is, however, no doubt whatever that this was the prototype of those made here. The bosses forming the door handles are boldly treated as decorative features. The knobs are of metal, the circular patera on which they stand being of wood. The carved claw feet are very well considered, being quite heavy enough to bear the apparent weight of the massive piece of furniture above’. \r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580: the portico and the farmyard / catalogue by Howard Burns in collaboration with Lynda Fairbairn and Bruce Boucher, London 1975, no.87\r\nSideboard, Italian c.1550. Carved walnut: 109 x 190.5 x 63.5cm\r\nKnown as a credenza, there are two drawers above and cupboards with shelves below."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Label text c.1930 while displayed in Tapestry Court: South-West Block. East Side. 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