EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Details

A NORTH EUROPEAN ROSEWOOD COMPOSITION AND PENWORK CABINET ON STAND
EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
With a bobbin-supported gallery, nine drawers and a central cupboard enclosing further pewter-inlaid drawers, decorated throughout with foliate strapwork, trophies and the cupboard door depicting a seated King on a throne with the date '1703', the stand probably associated, the exterior decoration probably of later date, possibly partly replacing original pewter inlay.
69½in. (177cm.) high, 52in. (132cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep

Provenance

Apparently in the von Leverkusen family, and acquired in 1887 from the dealer Meller in Cologne.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

An accompanying document identifies two coats of arms on the drawers, those of the von W/uulfing and the von Leverkusen families.
The 1887 photograph shows the cabinet with different front supports, though the text notes that the original legs would have been spiral-carved.

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