A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Antiques During this era many small

During this era many small family based companies of automata makers thrived in Paris and from their workshops they exported thousands of clockwork automata and mechanical singing birds around the world

Cooper is an artist of renown

from jewellery to letters

including several times at the Royal Academy

This style of spinning wheel was often imported into England

A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Antiques During this era many smallOrigin: Italian Period: Late Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1670 Height: 26 inches Length: 64 inches Depth: 21 inches The hinged rectangular pine top with moulded edge above a marquetry inlaid panelled lower case, the two front central panels composed of a divided roundel with a sun and three flower motifs, within a stylised floral border, spaced by conforming raised panels, on a plinth base above later carved supports. Cassoni were