Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Drawings & Prints the arched top is mounted

the arched top is mounted with a gilt bronze head of a cherub

Below the pediment is a cabinet with 34 drawers and three doors with Gothic tracery

the glazed door with the original lock & key

A rare & large oil on canvas painting by Picasso's lithographer

the under-plate with similar decoration and reticulation

Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Drawings & Prints the arched top is mountedSOLD A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf