PROBABLY AVIGNON, PART 17TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH WALNUT MEUBLE A DEUX CORPS
PROBABLY AVIGNON, PART 17TH CENTURY
The upper section with rectangular cornice and two doors carved with foliate panels and centered by masks, flanked by vine-carved pilasters, the lower section with a frieze fitted with two drawers above two doors with conformingly carved panels, on a moulded plinth and bun feet
155.5 cm. high x 124 cm. wide x 56 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The form of this richly carved cabinet, with a smaller upper section set back from the front and sides of the lower one, is characteristic of French furniture of the late 16th Century. As stated by D. Dubon in The Frick Collection. An illustrated catalogue. Furniture, Vol. V, New York, 1992, pp.117-123, such cabinets were described in an inventory drawn up as early as 1596.

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