Beautiful set of Two Renaissance Italian ivory & Rosewood engraved Panels, 16th century.

Beautiful set of Two Renaissance Italian ivory & Rosewood engraved Panels, 16th century.

A rare piece produced in the Neapolitan workshop of the cabinetmaker Iacopo Fiamengo at the beginning of the 17th century and probably by the famous ivory engraver Giovanni Battista de Curtis.

Size: 15 cm W x 8 cm L

Each ivory pads engraved and enhanced in ink from old testament scenes

After annexing Portugal in 1580, Spain gained a monopoly of trade in Indian ivory and ebony, the most luxurious furniture-making materials then available. By the 1590s cabinets with ebony veneers and engraved ivory plaques were the height of fashion in Spain. The best examples were made in Italy at Naples, the most important of Spain's territories in Europe, by cabinet-makers like Iacopo Fiamengo (active 1594-1602), who probably made this piece.