A north Italian inlaid nonsuch chest, circa 1580, the cabinet with lift up lid and twin doors to front opening to reveal a pair of faux drawers internally and a further series of doors and shelves each inlaid with coloured timber veneers depicting cityscapes, 35 cm wide. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 74, p. 53