Lot Essay
This architectural four-door cupboard, with a slightly recessed superstructure, relates to two designs by Paul Vredemen de Vries (1567 - after 1630), illustrated in his series for furniture, entitled `Verscheyden Schrynwerk', which was published in Amsterdam in 1630. This series included patterns for `Portalen, Kleerkassen, Buffetten, Ledikanten, Tafels, Kisten, Stoelen, Bancken, Schabellen, Hantoex-rollen, en veel andre Soorten van wercken', and demonstrated a further evolution of the designs of his father, Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604), which were published in Antwerp in 1583-1588. (S. Jervis, Printed Furniture Designs before 1650, Leeds, 1974, nr. 325)
This example was however probably executed between circa 1660-1680. It has retained the earlier block forms but has been enlivened by constrasting rosewood and ebony veneers, which were imported in considerable quantities by the V.O.C. and were increasingly employed after the middle of the 17th Century.
See illustration
This example was however probably executed between circa 1660-1680. It has retained the earlier block forms but has been enlivened by constrasting rosewood and ebony veneers, which were imported in considerable quantities by the V.O.C. and were increasingly employed after the middle of the 17th Century.
See illustration