LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A MEXICAN INCENSE CEDAR DOMED CHEST
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Carved intricately overall, with old accession labels for 38/17/55 and Brig. Ramsden, Oct 4th 1955
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high; 32 in. (81 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The collection of Dame Clarissa Reid DBE (1840-1933), passed to her from her husband, James Guthrie Reid (1855-1920).
Thence to her friend Lady Ramsden (d. 1955) who bequeathed thirty-six items of Spanish Colonial furniture to Temple Newsam, Leeds.

Literature

Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, vol. II, London, 1978, pp. 471-472, illustrated p. 472.

Exhibited

Peruvian Furniture, Stable Court Exhibition Galleries, Temple Newsam, 1975.

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Lot Essay

James Guthrie Read headed Duncan, Fox and Co.'s South American interests from Lima between 1878-1909. Following his death in 1909, several of the pieces from his thirty-six strong collection of rare South American furniture were leant to the Victoria and Albert Museum before being moved to Temple Newsam in 1955, following the death of Lady Ramsden. This lot features the double-headed eagle of King Charles V, combined with flowering vases, which are typical of the Cuzco region.

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