Italian Polychrome Painted Open Bookcase
A large Italian polychrome painted open bookcase, of classical architectural form with Latin inscribe open pediment above open shelves flanked by columns, 7.87 in. x 51.18 in. x 12.60 in. provenance: A private collection, Sydney
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- Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- Column - An architectural feature sometimes used for decorative effect and sometimes as part of the supporting construction. Columns should generally taper slightly towards the top. They may be plain or decorated with carving, fluting or reeding. Columns may be fully rounded or, more commonly, half-rounded and attached with glue, screws or pins to the outer stiles of doors, or the facing uprights on cabinets and bureaux.
- Pediment - The uppermost section of a tall usually double-heightened piece of cabinet furniture, surmounting the cornice. The pediment can take a variety of forms derived from the architecture of classical antiquity. A broken pediment is of triangular shape, however, the two raised sides do not meet at the apex but are 'broken' the gap between them often ornamented with an urn or finial. Swan-neck pediments are of similar form, although the uprights are gracefully arched, resembling a swan's neck. They are often found, for example, on longcase clocks.
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