A VICTORIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND SATINWOOD COFFER-ON-STAND

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A VICTORIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND SATINWOOD COFFER-ON-STAND
Decorated overall with hung ribbon-tied floral garlands, and crossbanded in tulipwood and inlaid with boxwood and ebony lines, the domed-rectangular hinged top with a central oval medallion, centred by a pastoral trophy, hung with garlands and flowers, enclosing a mahogany-lined interior, above a long drawer, on a rectangular stand with square tapering legs and spade feet
21¾in. (55.5cm.) wide; 38in. (96.5cm.) high; 12¾in. (32.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A satinwood chest and stand of this form, but with inlaid decoration, in the Pepys Cockerill Collection is illustrated in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 114, fig. 36.

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