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AN OTTOMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL VENEERED SCRIBE'S TABLE
TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form on four bracket feet, the top decorated with a complex geometric design radiating from a central twelve-pointed star and resolving into pentagons, each panel divided by chequerboard stringing, in a border of wood, ivory and white-metal inlaid reciprocal Y-patterning between plain stripes, the front with three drawers with geometric fronts, a lower band of reciprocal trefoil designs, between Y-pattern stripes, the sides and back with further pentagonal interlace panels within rope-pattern borders, the interior re-fitted, the lower front panel now also forming a drawer, very slight losses and old repairs to inlay
27 5/8 x 14¾ x 15½in. (70.3 x 37.3 x 39.3cm.)
TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form on four bracket feet, the top decorated with a complex geometric design radiating from a central twelve-pointed star and resolving into pentagons, each panel divided by chequerboard stringing, in a border of wood, ivory and white-metal inlaid reciprocal Y-patterning between plain stripes, the front with three drawers with geometric fronts, a lower band of reciprocal trefoil designs, between Y-pattern stripes, the sides and back with further pentagonal interlace panels within rope-pattern borders, the interior re-fitted, the lower front panel now also forming a drawer, very slight losses and old repairs to inlay
27 5/8 x 14¾ x 15½in. (70.3 x 37.3 x 39.3cm.)
Provenance
Edward Falkener circa 1844, thence by descent