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AN IBERIAN LATE BAROQUE COLONIAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID TORTOISESHELL CABINET ('MUEBLE ENCONCHADO')
18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERUVIAN
With rectangular moulded canted cornice surmounted by a pierced scrolling crest centered by a double-headed spread-winged eagle above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing scalloped shelves supported by mermaids above three short drawers and a further pair of cupboard doors flanked by colonettes, on conforming plinth and recumbent lion feet, inlaid throughout with scrolling foliate arabesques, geometric strapwork and paterae - 113in. (282.5cm.) high, 85½in. (213.7cm.) wide, 26in. (65cm.) deep
18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERUVIAN
With rectangular moulded canted cornice surmounted by a pierced scrolling crest centered by a double-headed spread-winged eagle above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing scalloped shelves supported by mermaids above three short drawers and a further pair of cupboard doors flanked by colonettes, on conforming plinth and recumbent lion feet, inlaid throughout with scrolling foliate arabesques, geometric strapwork and paterae - 113in. (282.5cm.) high, 85½in. (213.7cm.) wide, 26in. (65cm.) deep