Italian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet, Likely Northern Italy, Circa 17th–18th Century and small accessories

and small accessories

A rare and evocative example of Victorian hairwork

They were visual records of status

Original canvas and stretcher

Italian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet, Likely Northern Italy, Circa 17th–18th Century and small accessoriesItalian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet Likely Northern Italy Circa 17th18th Century A deeply evocative small devotional cabinet, hand crafted in solid walnut and fitted with hand forged iron and brass hardware. This form is consistent with table tabernacles or reliquary cupboards used in private chapels or domestic devotional settings across Italy. The architectural shape, with its domed top and plinth base, echoes church tabernacles on