A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles which read: "Patents applied for

which read: "Patents applied for in Great Britain

heavy pile it combines large uncluttered fields with the occasional geometric human or animal silhouette

Cooper” in the lower right corner

associated with the lunar cycle

It is not known whether or not he commissioned the desk for himself or for a lady

A Late 17thC North Italian Walnut & Marquetry Inlaid Cassone sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles which read: "Patents applied forOrigin: Italian Period: Late Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1670 Height: 26 inches Length: 64 inches Depth: 21 inches The hinged rectangular pine top with moulded edge above a marquetry inlaid panelled lower case, the two front central panels composed of a divided roundel with a sun and three flower motifs, within a stylised floral border, spaced by conforming raised panels, on a plinth base above later carved supports. Cassoni were