Lot Essay
A similar lecturn is illustrated in F. Schottmuller, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, New York, 1921, pg. 195, fig. 461.
Details
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE PARCEL-GILT AND WALNUT LECTURN
With Vitruvian scroll carved X-shaped supports headed by C-scrolls and turned finials and mounted with candlearms, joined by turned stretchers, on paw feet (losses) -53in. (135cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep
With Vitruvian scroll carved X-shaped supports headed by C-scrolls and turned finials and mounted with candlearms, joined by turned stretchers, on paw feet (losses) -53in. (135cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep
Provenance
William Boyce Thompson