A CARVED COROMANDEL PANEL

DESIGNED BY C.A. LION CACHET AND EXECUTED BY L. ZIJL IN COOPERATION WITH VAN WISSELINGH, AMSTERDAM, FOR THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING-ROOM OF THE DSS JOHAN DE WITT, SMN, ROTTERDAM, CIRCA 1918

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A CARVED COROMANDEL PANEL
DESIGNED BY C.A. LION CACHET AND EXECUTED BY L. ZIJL IN COOPERATION WITH VAN WISSELINGH, AMSTERDAM, FOR THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING-ROOM OF THE DSS JOHAN DE WITT, SMN, ROTTERDAM, CIRCA 1918
CARVED WITH ARABESQUES, HERALDIC ANIMAL FIGURES AND WITH THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE SEVEN PROVINCES FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY STANDING LIONS, INSCRIBED PUGNO PRO PATRIA AND 1669 ZELFPORTRET ENGELAND AND 1668-1669 DE FAMILIE BRUNSWIJK
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Literature

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
S. VAN RAVESTEYN, DE SIERKUNST OP DE NEDERLANDSE PASSAGIERS-SCHEPEN, ROTTERDAM, 1924
MECHTELD DE BOIS (RED.), C.A. LION CACHET 1864-1945, ASSEN/ROTTERDAM 1994, P. 138 NO. 177, AND P. 206 NO. 264

Lot Essay

C.A. LION CACHET DESIGNED INTERIORS FOR SHIPS IN A VERY LUXURIOUS STYLE. THE DESIGNS WERE INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF FAMOUS DUTCH PEOPLE IN THE GOLDEN AGE. JOHAN DE WITT (1625-1672) WAS COUNCILLOR OF HOLLAND. THE SHIP NAMED AFTER HIM TOOK OFF FOR THE INDIES IN 1920 AND REMAINED IN USE UNTIL 1958.

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