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Details
An Italian walnut prie dieu, 17th century and later
With a moulded lidded frieze compartment above, enclosed by a panelled door with lozenge mouldings, flanked by panels with foliate scrolls to the sides, having a lidded compartment below, on foliate scroll feet, inscribed in the inside of the frieze compartment Baer 12-8
26in. (68cm.) wide, 33in. (85.5cm.) high, 17in. (43cm.) deep
With a moulded lidded frieze compartment above, enclosed by a panelled door with lozenge mouldings, flanked by panels with foliate scrolls to the sides, having a lidded compartment below, on foliate scroll feet, inscribed in the inside of the frieze compartment Baer 12-8
26in. (68cm.) wide, 33in. (85.5cm.) high, 17in. (43cm.) deep
Provenance
The inscription Baer probably refers to Herman Baer, a well known dealer in early Continental furniture whose business premises were in Davies Street, Mayfair