EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY IBERIAN

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH PEDESTAL CABINETS
Early 19th Century, probably Iberian
The square top above a leaf-carved cornice and a plain frieze fitted with a drawer, above a spreading corpus with lozenge-decorated panelled sides and an Egyptian mask mounted cupboard door enclosing a shelf, the acanthus-wrapped angles ending in hairy paw-feet with sunk leather casters, replacements to feet and acanthus carving
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 17½ in. (45 cm.) square (2)

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Lot Essay

These parcel-gilt mahogany cabinets are conceived in the French 'Empire' style promoted by C. Percier and P. Fontaine's Recueil de décorations intérieures of 1801. They may have been en suite with a pair of commodes, and intended for a bedroom appartment. Their antique style was promoted in Spain by King Charles IV (r. 1788-1808), whose study at the Casa del Labrador, Aranjuez, was illustrated in Percier and Fontaine's Recueil. However, their bold carved giltwood ornaments imitating ormolu clasps, relate to the designs of the Mallorcan sculptor and designer Adrian Ferran, which is illustrated in J. Massot Ramis d'Ayreflor, El Moble a les Illes Balears Segles X III-XIX, Barcelona, 1995, p. 191.

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