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Spanish Colonial School, Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Spanish Colonial School, Late 17th/Early 18th Century
- Mueble Enconchado
- gilt-metal-mounted, mother-of-pearl-inlaid tortoiseshell and ebony cabinet-on-a later stand
- 66 1/4 by 55 1/2 by 17 1/4 in.
- 168.5 by 141 by 44 cm
Provenance
Sale: Castellana Subastas, Madrid, Gran subasta de muebles y objetos, February 12, 1999
Sale: Christie's, London, Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture & Tapestries Including a Private European Collection, November 5, 2009, lot 277, illustrated in color
Sale: Christie's, London, Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture & Tapestries Including a Private European Collection, November 5, 2009, lot 277, illustrated in color
Catalogue Note
Inlaid overall with foliate scrolls, stylised flowerheads and strapwork, rectangular top with canted sides surrounded by a pierced cresting, above a scroll-decorated frieze, two short and one long drawers, simulating as two drawers, each side fiteed with a cupboard, above a moulded base, the later stand studded with masks, on turned legs joined by conforming stretchers and wrought iron stays and terminating in ball feet, with clue-border paper label to the reverse, the locks replaced.