A Large 19thC Italian Faux Marble Painted Pine Pedestal Cupboard reserved comprised of twelve midnight blue

comprised of twelve midnight blue chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes with a brass half meridian and standing on the original turned ebonised draught turned beech base

Bath Academy of Art

We have given the piece an oil and wax treatment to bring out the patina

The term "Holophane" is used generically to describe clear molded glass or crystal shades and globes with parallel or crosscut prisms

They remain on the stone plinths which were probably part of an architectural surround or some such

A Large 19thC Italian Faux Marble Painted Pine Pedestal Cupboard reserved comprised of twelve midnight blueOrigin: Central Italy, PesaroPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890Height: 61Width: 22Depth: 24 (all at extremities)The very large painted pine column or pedestal cupboard standing at over five feet high and of classical form, the whole being painted in buff cream with turquoise veins to simulate Italian marble, one side with a cupboard door opening to reveal two interior shelves, and surviving from nineteenth century central Italy. The