Farnesiano wardrobe, Parma 17th century

Farnesiano wardrobe
in carved walnut
Parma, 17th century

252 x 168/178 x 48/62 cm
Restful on elegant inverted bracket feet, this important wardrobe has 3 drawers in line at the base; from the two lateral ones rise the pilasters, enriched by fluted columns of archaic taste surmounted by a capital.
In the center two doors, richly carved with symmetrical rosettes, which can be opened using wooden knobs.
Richly and deeply carved cap with various movements surmounted by a perforated volute frieze in the center of which the Farnesiano coat of arms

publications:

Graziano Manni, Mobili Antichi in Emilia Romagna, 1993
Poligrafico Artioli S.p.a. Modena p. 180, plate 382