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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SOUTH GERMAN GILT-METAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, SYCAMORE, EBONY AND EBONISED MARQUETRY CABINET
NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, THE BASE CIRCA 1830
Details
A SOUTH GERMAN GILT-METAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, SYCAMORE, EBONY AND EBONISED MARQUETRY CABINET
NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, THE BASE CIRCA 1830
The rectangular stepped top above a pair of doors depicting scenes with noble warriors on horseback within a frame decorated with eagles and foliage, the sides inlaid with central jewelled motifs within scrolling foliage and fitted with handles, revealing an interior fitted with twelve drawers arranged around a pair of cupboard doors concealing further drawers, the interior profusely inlaid with hunting scenes, courtly figures, musicians, animals and architectural landscapes, the later stepped top with pierced fret mounts; the bone-inlaid, walnut, rosewood and ebonised later base with a foliate frieze, on spirally turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher centred by a star motif
The cabinet: 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (18.5 cm.) deep; the base: 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep;
Total height: 59¾ in. (152 cm.)
NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY, THE BASE CIRCA 1830
The rectangular stepped top above a pair of doors depicting scenes with noble warriors on horseback within a frame decorated with eagles and foliage, the sides inlaid with central jewelled motifs within scrolling foliage and fitted with handles, revealing an interior fitted with twelve drawers arranged around a pair of cupboard doors concealing further drawers, the interior profusely inlaid with hunting scenes, courtly figures, musicians, animals and architectural landscapes, the later stepped top with pierced fret mounts; the bone-inlaid, walnut, rosewood and ebonised later base with a foliate frieze, on spirally turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher centred by a star motif
The cabinet: 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (18.5 cm.) deep; the base: 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep;
Total height: 59¾ in. (152 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from Melo Allia- Galleria d'Arte, Cantania, Sicily, possibly in the late 1970s.
Sale room notice
The CITES symbol is missing in the catalogue. Please note a CITES license may be required for the export of rosewood.
Présenté par
Caitlin Yates
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