TUSCAN, PROBABLY FLORENTINE WALNUT AND PARQUETRY 'CASSAPANCA' COFFER SEAT

TUSCAN, PROBABLY FLORENTINE WALNUT AND PARQUETRY 'CASSAPANCA' COFFER SEAT, first half 16th century, with rectangular toprail with ovolo moulded edging, above a backrest formed of six recessed and parquetry banded panels, the reverse with six conforming panels; the seat of twin hinged covers above further conforming panels to front and sides; the base with gadrooning to acanthus carved corners, above a waisted and ogee moulded foot, 78cm high, 174cm wide, 44cm deep Cf, Augusto Pedrini, 'Italian Furniture of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries', Alec Tirani Ltd., London, 1949, figs. 183-188 for comparable examples