Antique Italian 17th Century Renaissance Carved Walnut Sideboard Credenza 1600 Mid-Century Modern very often such figures were

very often such figures were used as ornamental supports (Stupas) for Buddhist monuments

The catalogue was prefaced by Pierre Mac Orlan

The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood

Throughout his life

where the sun always rises

Antique Italian 17th Century Renaissance Carved Walnut Sideboard Credenza 1600 Mid-Century Modern very often such figures wereSOLD A rare early 17th century antique Italian Renaissance carved walnut cabinet, Tuscany, circa 1600. The cabinet had been part of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco (now The de Young Museum), and was the property of Ms. Lee Eleanor Graham a San Francisco socialite & decorator in the 1920s. Lee Eleanor Graham was the wife of the oil magnate William Miller Graham who in 1902 had commissioned the building of "Bellosguardo" (Beautiful