THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The following two lots formed part of the collection of L. Breitmeyer, Esq., the bulk of which was offered in these Rooms in June 1930. The sales are discussed by A.C.R. Carter in Christie's Season 1930, pp. xl-xli. Lot 89 is visible in the photograph of the Great Room laid out for the furniture sale of 24 June 1930, reproduced op.cit., p.xxxvii
A BONE-INLAID OAK AND FRUITWOOD CHEST in two sections with moulded rectangular top above one long panelled door with arcaded central section flanked by fielded octagonal bosses with star-shaped inlay flanked and divided by simulated fluting above two drawers with conforming decoration enclosing three panelled long drawers, on bun feet, basically 17th Century, the applied decoration probably later, restorations
Details
A BONE-INLAID OAK AND FRUITWOOD CHEST in two sections with moulded rectangular top above one long panelled door with arcaded central section flanked by fielded octagonal bosses with star-shaped inlay flanked and divided by simulated fluting above two drawers with conforming decoration enclosing three panelled long drawers, on bun feet, basically 17th Century, the applied decoration probably later, restorations
44in.(112cm.)wide; 44in.(112cm.)high; 24in.(61cm.)deep
44in.(112cm.)wide; 44in.(112cm.)high; 24in.(61cm.)deep
Provenance
L. Breitmeyer Collection, the bulk of which was sold in these Rooms, 24 June 1930
and thence by descent
and thence by descent
Literature
Illustrated P. Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, The Age of Oak, London, 1904, p. 231, fig. 206