Lot Essay
This lap desk once belonged to a cardinal or archbishop as indicated by the hat and tassles fronting a cross enrgraved on the lock-plate.
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EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN BAROQUE BLACK, SCARLET AND GILT-JAPANNED LAP DESK
Early 18th Century
The domed hinged lid, rectangular case, and arched sides painted with architecture in landscapes, with scrolled handle and scrolled lock-plate engraved with a cardinal's hat, enclosing four boxes and sand and ink pots, the interior with red and gilt-japanned decoration of birds and butterflies in an architectural landscape, the top of the stand set with a panel of Japanese laquer representing architecture in a landscape, above a diaper patterned apron, on square legs with bun feet, the stand associated and 19th Century and with later additional legs
34in. (87cm.) high, 15cm. (39.5cm.), 10in. (25.5cm.) deep
Early 18th Century
The domed hinged lid, rectangular case, and arched sides painted with architecture in landscapes, with scrolled handle and scrolled lock-plate engraved with a cardinal's hat, enclosing four boxes and sand and ink pots, the interior with red and gilt-japanned decoration of birds and butterflies in an architectural landscape, the top of the stand set with a panel of Japanese laquer representing architecture in a landscape, above a diaper patterned apron, on square legs with bun feet, the stand associated and 19th Century and with later additional legs
34in. (87cm.) high, 15cm. (39.5cm.), 10in. (25.5cm.) deep