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A CHARLES II TORTOISESHELL JAPANNED CABINET ON GILTWOOD STAND
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A CHARLES II TORTOISESHELL JAPANNED CABINET ON GILTWOOD STAND
CIRCA 1685
The cabinet enclosing an arrangement of ten small drawers, decorated throughout with Chinese figures, landscapes, birds, beasts and flowers, the stand with floral trellised frieze, on square tapering legs headed by floral vines and draped with swags, joined by double X-form stretchers mounted with platforms on incurved feet (losses to decoration, base re-gilt)--68½in.(174cm.) high, 40½in.(103cm.) wide,21½in.(55cm.) deep
CIRCA 1685
The cabinet enclosing an arrangement of ten small drawers, decorated throughout with Chinese figures, landscapes, birds, beasts and flowers, the stand with floral trellised frieze, on square tapering legs headed by floral vines and draped with swags, joined by double X-form stretchers mounted with platforms on incurved feet (losses to decoration, base re-gilt)--68½in.(174cm.) high, 40½in.(103cm.) wide,21½in.(55cm.) deep
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