Stunning 16th French Walnut Carved Cabinet From Val De Loire

Haute Epoque / Renaissance

Stunning diminutive cabinet or buffet with withdrawal, blond walnut richly carved.
Late XVIth century, and probably from Loire Valley (France) ?

The 2 parts are each decorated with 4 main mythological thema wooden carved panels (including Leyda and swan, the Abduction of Europe,...)

The upper part consists of, from top to bottom 
*a cornice with protruding angles, supported by architectural corbels from the main façade to both sides of the furniture
*an horizontal 5 carved panels pediment including the central one depicting an elongated female nude, the 2 medians of 2 sleeping angels turning their backs, and the 2 lateral ones decorating top of the pillars also protruding, creating a slight perspective and unity with the cornice
*2 doors with their original locks and keys framed by 2 registers of decorative friezes and 2 protruding pilasters (creating a unity with the offsets of the cornice) decorated with detached and twinned double columns with repeated floral pattern
*and a thin and long lower drawer with stylized and symmetrical vegetal decoration typical from Renaissance design

The lower part on 3 levels consists of 
*an upper any old house or apartment.register scanned by 2 drawers and 3 crows with acanthus leaves
*2 main doors and their similar ornamental frames, reproducing the exact construction of the cabinet upper part and creating a real unity between the 2 parts of the furniture. They are framed and separated by 3 flat pilasters still richly carved, with symmetrical plant motifs perfectly in the Renaissance spirit and mythological female nudes...
*and a molded plaster wooden base surmounted by a rush carved with floral design

Sizes 180cm height * Length 107cm and width 50cm.
Its proportions and balance are relatively small and this harmonious, shallow piece of furniture can easily find its place in the interior of Dimensions 180cm height * Length 107cm and width 50cm. The proportions are relatively small and this harmonious, shallow and shallow piece of furniture can easily find its place in any old house or apartment.