THE STAND LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I POLYCHROME-BANTAMWORK CABINET-ON-STAND
The stand late 17th century
The rectangular cabinet with a pair of doors decorated with scenes of figures before pavilions, the sides with flowering panels, enclosing an interior of variously-sized drawers, on an associated silvered stand with pierced apron centred by an eagle, on leaf-wrapped legs headed by putti, with chalk inscription 'H68', the stand with Waring and Gillow depository label '10 9 52 G. BENNS...'
66 in. (167.5 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 27 November 1975, lot 106 (1,800 gns.)

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Bantamwork or Coromandel lacquer is the term applied to decoration that is cut into a layer of gesso and then lacquered in colours. Much of the lacquer was transhipped from China through Coromandel in India, or the Dutch colony Batavia, the former name for Djakarta, Indonesia. The present cabinet is an English early 18th century imitation of Chinese Bantamwork and relates to a cabinet at Newby Hall, Yorkshire, whose decoration is similarly incised directly into oak, rather than into a gesso layer (A. Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne, Woodbridge, 2002, p. 160, plates 5:25 & 5:26).

We are grateful to Dr. Adam Bowett for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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