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LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Dutch olivewood and rosewood collector's cabinet
Late 17th Century
The hinged rectangular top inlaid with two simulated quarter-veneered panels, above an open compartment flanked to either side by a lidded compartment, the front with two doors inlaid with a star motif, enclosing a fitted interior with two open compartments, thirty-seven variously-sized drawers and a door enclosing a fitted interior with five small drawers, the base with two frieze drawers, on spirally-turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher terminating in bun feet, restorations, the legs possibly later, the stretcher probably later
141cm. high x 111cm. wide x 47.5cm. deep
Late 17th Century
The hinged rectangular top inlaid with two simulated quarter-veneered panels, above an open compartment flanked to either side by a lidded compartment, the front with two doors inlaid with a star motif, enclosing a fitted interior with two open compartments, thirty-seven variously-sized drawers and a door enclosing a fitted interior with five small drawers, the base with two frieze drawers, on spirally-turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher terminating in bun feet, restorations, the legs possibly later, the stretcher probably later
141cm. high x 111cm. wide x 47.5cm. deep
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.