Commode-secretaire Rospigliosi

Judging by the stylistic features of this unusual and elegant flap cabinet, it
one would have to consider it a Roman work from around 1740 or, to be less strict, refer it to the mid-18th century. On the underside one can see the four lozenges that make up the coat of arms of the rospigliosi family: ‘The coat of arms is “framed in gold and azure with four long lines one to the other”. At the top centre, in a long cartouche is inlaid the family motto OMNIA A DEO. Below it appears a princely crown in its generic form belonging to the head of the Rospigliosi family. 
Giovanni Battista Rospigliosi, nephew of Pope Clement IX married in 1670 Maria
Camilla Pallavicini, heiress of the powerful and wealthy Genoese cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicini, who had a double lineage established with the descendants of his own niece and the pope's nephew. The couple's first child was Domenico Clemente Rospigliosi (1674-1752) who had two sons by Giustina Borromeo. The first, Camillo Rospigliosi (1714-1769) was most probably the commissioner of the furniture examined here.