A pearwood dressing-table casket, the gabled cover carved in relief with a pseudo-crest within fruiting vines, conforming panels of ornament to the sides on a stiff-leaf moulded plinth, the interior later-lined with scarlet velvet, French, circa 1680 -- 6 5/8in.(16.8cm.) wide.

细节

A pearwood dressing-table casket, the gabled cover carved in relief with a pseudo-crest within fruiting vines, conforming panels of ornament to the sides on a stiff-leaf moulded plinth, the interior later-lined with scarlet velvet, French, circa 1680 -- 6 5/8in.(16.8cm.) wide.
See Illustration.

出版

Edward H. Pinto. Treen and other wooden bygones, Bell & Hyman 1985. Section 23, page 365, see plate 387.

拍品专文

Dressing-table items in pearwood of this type and period are commonly refered to as Cesar Bagard work. It is, however, highly unlikely that this celebrated sculptor would have produced such wares in great quantity. In fact, the so-called Cesar Bagard wood-ware might more appropriately be seen as a translation of the silver-ware of the Louis XIV period.