A GEORGE I BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DOUBLE-DOMED CABINET-ON-CHEST

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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MRS. MICHAEL BEHRENS SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS (LOTS 52-65)

细节

A GEORGE I BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DOUBLE-DOMED CABINET-ON-CHEST
The simulated nashiji cavetto cornice with three later giltwood finials above a pair of doors depicting on the left a pair of cockerels in a landscape, and on the right a pavillion with courtiers in a landscape, enclosing a fitted interior of various-sized drawers, each decorated with animals and figures in landscapes, above two short and two long drawers, on later turned feet, the reverse with Oxford depository label stamped 'LADY ROTHERMERE'
79¾ in. (203 cm.) high, excluding finials; 41½ in. (105.5 cm.) wide; 21¾ in. (54 cm.) deep

来源

Mary, Viscountess Rothermere (d.1937)

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

A very similar cabinet-on-chest, from the collection of the late Mr. Basil Oxenden, is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 180, fig. 29.