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BASICALLY LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PANELS FLEMISH, MID 17TH CENTURY, BUT ASSOCIATED
Details
A DUTCH MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID ROSEWOOD AND TORTOISESHELL CUPBOARD
Basically late 17th Century, the tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl panels Flemish, mid 17th Century, but associated
Ripple-moulded overall, the rectangular double-breakfront projecting moulded cornice centred by a panel with Atlas bearing the world flanked by attendants and with the figures of Ceres and Justice beyond, above an upper section with two panelled doors each with projecting moulded rectangular panels centred by an arch featuring a young boy feeding birds in a basket, between Solomonic columns surmounted by a balustrade flanked by Ionic columns with central Ionic column door divide, the lower section with a similar arrangement to each door centred by a Mother of Pearl panel depicting a bunch of flowers and a butterfly flanked by Tuscan columns and surmounted by a broken pediment within an amaranth and bone moulded border, flanked by Tuscan plasters, with Tuscan column central door divide, above a pair of panelled drawers on later ebonised bun feet, losses to inlay and mouldings
101 in.(256.5 cm.) high; 90½ in.(230 cm.) wide; 36¼ in.(92 cm.) deep
Basically late 17th Century, the tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl panels Flemish, mid 17th Century, but associated
Ripple-moulded overall, the rectangular double-breakfront projecting moulded cornice centred by a panel with Atlas bearing the world flanked by attendants and with the figures of Ceres and Justice beyond, above an upper section with two panelled doors each with projecting moulded rectangular panels centred by an arch featuring a young boy feeding birds in a basket, between Solomonic columns surmounted by a balustrade flanked by Ionic columns with central Ionic column door divide, the lower section with a similar arrangement to each door centred by a Mother of Pearl panel depicting a bunch of flowers and a butterfly flanked by Tuscan columns and surmounted by a broken pediment within an amaranth and bone moulded border, flanked by Tuscan plasters, with Tuscan column central door divide, above a pair of panelled drawers on later ebonised bun feet, losses to inlay and mouldings
101 in.(256.5 cm.) high; 90½ in.(230 cm.) wide; 36¼ in.(92 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Earl of Stair, sold in these Rooms, 6 April 1978, lot 78
Paul de Grande, Kasteel Van Snelleghem, sold Christie's House sale, 25-29 September 1995, lot 1310 (BFF. 1,495,000 = £30,000)
Paul de Grande, Kasteel Van Snelleghem, sold Christie's House sale, 25-29 September 1995, lot 1310 (BFF. 1,495,000 = £30,000)