A Early/Mid 20thC Italian Painted Pine Neoclassical Revival Pedestal Cabinet Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Monkeys have been the subjects

Monkeys have been the subjects of sculpture and art for centuries for obvious reasons with the three wise monkeys probably being the most famous depiction

and surviving from early twentieth century Germany

In about 1700 Tamm was called to Vienna to enter the service of Leopold I

that it is assumed that he had workshop assistance

A Early/Mid 20thC Italian Painted Pine Neoclassical Revival Pedestal Cabinet Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Monkeys have been the subjectsaOrigin: North Italian Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 50 Height: 34 Width: 21 Depth: 14 (all at extremities) The beautiful polychrome painted pedestal cabinet or cupboard, the hand decoration in the late eighteenth century neoclassical manner, in a sandy coloured ground with soft green and red highlights, the top painted with griffins to a central fluted urn to a swagged frieze with oval tablets, the flanks and front with