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A PAIR OF RÉGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURE CABINET
ONE CIRCA 1725, ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES CRESSENT, ONE OF LATER DATES
WITH BOWED FOLIATE-CAST PEDIMENT ABOVE A PAIR OF GLAZED BEVELLED CABINET DOORS WITHIN ENCADREMENTS FITTED WITH ENTWINED FOLIATE ANGLE CLASPS AND CENTERED BY A RINGED CARTOUCHE ENCLOSING CROSSED CADUCEI SEPARATED BY A STOP-FLUTED PILASTER HEADED BY A YOUTHFUL MASK ABOVE A BOMBé DRAWER MOUNTED WITH STYLIZED INTERLACED 'L''S WITHIN OAK LEAF SPRAYS, THE HANDLES CAST WITH DRAGONS FLANKED BY GROTESQUES ABOVE A PAIR OF RAISED PANELLED DOORS MOUNTED WITH SATYR'S MASKS, THE DOORS CENTRALLY MOUNTED WITH PUTTI BEARING ATTRIBUTES OF ASTRONOMY HOLDING A TELESCOPE AND AND A GLOBE, AND PHILOSOPHY HOLDING A CADUCEUS AND SURROUNDED BY BOOKS, EACH BELOW A TASSELED DRAPED PALANQUIN WITHIN FOLIATE-CAST ENCADREMENTS SEPARATED BY A FURTHER PILASTER, ON A MOULDED PLINTH AND BRACKET FEET WITH FOLIATE CLASPS -80IN. (203.5CM.) HIGH, 38¼IN. (97CM.) WIDE, 23IN. (58.5CM.) DEEP
CHARLES CRESSENT, (2)
ONE CIRCA 1725, ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES CRESSENT, ONE OF LATER DATES
WITH BOWED FOLIATE-CAST PEDIMENT ABOVE A PAIR OF GLAZED BEVELLED CABINET DOORS WITHIN ENCADREMENTS FITTED WITH ENTWINED FOLIATE ANGLE CLASPS AND CENTERED BY A RINGED CARTOUCHE ENCLOSING CROSSED CADUCEI SEPARATED BY A STOP-FLUTED PILASTER HEADED BY A YOUTHFUL MASK ABOVE A BOMBé DRAWER MOUNTED WITH STYLIZED INTERLACED 'L''S WITHIN OAK LEAF SPRAYS, THE HANDLES CAST WITH DRAGONS FLANKED BY GROTESQUES ABOVE A PAIR OF RAISED PANELLED DOORS MOUNTED WITH SATYR'S MASKS, THE DOORS CENTRALLY MOUNTED WITH PUTTI BEARING ATTRIBUTES OF ASTRONOMY HOLDING A TELESCOPE AND AND A GLOBE, AND PHILOSOPHY HOLDING A CADUCEUS AND SURROUNDED BY BOOKS, EACH BELOW A TASSELED DRAPED PALANQUIN WITHIN FOLIATE-CAST ENCADREMENTS SEPARATED BY A FURTHER PILASTER, ON A MOULDED PLINTH AND BRACKET FEET WITH FOLIATE CLASPS -80IN. (203.5CM.) HIGH, 38¼IN. (97CM.) WIDE, 23IN. (58.5CM.) DEEP
CHARLES CRESSENT, (2)
Provenance
MRS. L. BRISCOE, SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 26 OCTOBER 1973, LOT 112
SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 13-15 OCTOBER 1983, LOT 477
SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 13-15 OCTOBER 1983, LOT 477
Literature
A. PRADèRE, FRENCH FURNITURE MAKERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1989, P.133, FIG 4.