Cabinet; Italy, 17th century.Wood, lapis lazuli, agate, jasper marble and bronze.It has an 18th-

Cabinet; Italy, 17th century.
Wood, lapis lazuli, agate, jasper marble and bronze.
It has an 18th-century base.
It has faults, restorations and losses.
Measurements: 49 x 80 x 31 cm.
Italian cabinet from the 17th century, decorated with hard stones. It is a rectangular piece of furniture that stands on a base in the form of a smooth moulding. The front is divided into three sections separated by a column (the other is no longer preserved) of marbled marble, in Ionic order, with gilded bronze capitals and bases. The side sections, consisting of drawers, are decorated with mouldings, plaques and hard stones such as lapis lazuli, with round handles. The central body, topped by a pediment, contains a gilt-bronze sculpture of a young man holding a lyre, which suggests that it is a representation of the god Apollo. The sides of the cabinet are considerably simpler in decoration, although in the same style and with the same proportions. The decoration consists of recesses made up of inlaid fillets, combining different geometric shapes inscribed in rectangles. It should be noted that the cabernet hides several secret compartments that can be accessed by removing the main drawers.
It is a piece that faithfully follows Italian models, in which it was common to combine different materials in search of chromatic and quality contrasts. The markedly architectural structure is also typical of the Italian school and, in fact, even the typology itself, given that in the 17th century the cabinet or desk was the furniture par excellence throughout Europe.