A LOMBARD WALNUT CRADLE
18th Century
The foot-end with an open handle and strapwork decoration surmounted by square finials, each side with a simulated panel and the head-end with a cartouche inscribed 'IHS' and with a cross, the well with a later tin-liner, restorations
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep
拍品专文
A similar cradle with closely related finials and handles is in the Musei d'Arte del Castello Sforzesco, Milan (C. Alberici, IL Mobile Lombardo, Milan, 1969, p. 88).