Mahogany CABINET - DISPLAY CABINET - BOOKCASE - Master Gioacchino Meluzzi. WHEN WOOD BECOMES SCULPTURE

A purchase proposal is possible www.palazzodelbuonsignore.com Tel.: 3275865883 - 3312560700 Gioacchino Meluzzi (Imola, 1884 – Imola, 1953). Painter, sculptor, carver, cabinet maker. For many years he had his workshop at the Santa Caterina Institute, where he composed most of his works. He was a talented furniture maker, sought after by the upper middle class and nobility who demanded artistic furniture. He was one of the greatest representatives of classical cabinet making in Emilia-Romagna with frequent and well-calibrated references to the Quattro-Cinquecento tradition of sculpture, especially in the Tuscan area. Large solid mahogany cabinet-display cabinet - bookcase, putti sculpted on the 2 side uprights, with 2 doors with "cathedral" glass, drawer below and numerous decorative cartouches on the entire front and sides. It is difficult to describe a piece of furniture made by hand with extreme skill by a master cabinet maker who was certainly a great sculptor. Look at the photographs! The room can be offered as a whole as it was commissioned to the Master in 1930 (the date and signature of the author are visible at the base of the bas-relief depicting the Madonna and Child). Italy - Imola: 1930 H. cm. 234 - W. cm. 140 - D. cm. 55