UNKNOWN CABINETMAKER, Italian
(active in 16th century in Florence)

Small credenza

16th century
Inlaid walnut, 105 x 97 x 40 cm
Eredità Bardini, Florence

The credenza was a type of domestic furnishing widely diffused in 15th-century private homes. The shown example is of the type said to be "made without corners." The style is typically Florentine, characterized by generally horizontal lines and spacious areas whose smooth surfaces are delineated by simple intarsia ornamentation.




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