A Decorative Early 18thC Italian Carved Gessoed Wood & Pressed Leather Relief Panel sub-Antiques very good content

very good content

suiting either a skilled hand-spinner or to simply serve as a decorative delight

whilst the locks are still in working order

Diameter: 8

this is a beautiful attaché case

A Decorative Early 18thC Italian Carved Gessoed Wood & Pressed Leather Relief Panel sub-Antiques very good contentOrigin: Italian Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 40 Height: 17. 5 inches Width: 21. 5 inches Depth: 2 inches Of rectangular form, centered by a lyre above a laurel wreath, flanked to each side by scrolling foliage, grotesques and musical herm figures, with a band of trailing flowers and foliage to top and bottom, set into a carved wood frame with stiff leaf surround, the frame later associated. This would have started