Lot Essay
Angus McBean decorated the ante-room of his studio at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden with this vargueno and later moved it to Flemings Hall, Eye, Suffolk.
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THE UPPER PART LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A SPANISH GILTWOOD POLYCHROME DECORATED AND GILT-METAL AND BONE MOUNTED WALNUT VARGUENO
THE UPPER PART LATE 16TH CENTURY
With an arrangement of moulded drawers and cupboards, with architectural detail, the arches supported by spiral turned bone columns and with pierced metal strapwork decoration, applied stars and iron handles to the sides, the reverse with a paper label M..TIN BUILLA ABADES. 5 PRAL. ...arador Pintory Restaurador de Antiquedad. the 19th century base similarly decorated with raised geometric panels, roundels and six pointed stars, with two deep drawers and two cupboards on paw feet
58in. (148cm.) high, 39in. (100cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep
THE UPPER PART LATE 16TH CENTURY
With an arrangement of moulded drawers and cupboards, with architectural detail, the arches supported by spiral turned bone columns and with pierced metal strapwork decoration, applied stars and iron handles to the sides, the reverse with a paper label M..TIN BUILLA ABADES. 5 PRAL. ...arador Pintory Restaurador de Antiquedad. the 19th century base similarly decorated with raised geometric panels, roundels and six pointed stars, with two deep drawers and two cupboards on paw feet
58in. (148cm.) high, 39in. (100cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep
Literature
'Home-made house: Angus McBean, the theatre photographer tells how he decorated his house.', House and Garden, November 1952, pg.52.
M.Prendergast, 'Flemings Hall-The Remarkable Home of Angus McBean', Australian Home Journal, May 1982, pg.33.
M.Prendergast, 'Flemings Hall-The Remarkable Home of Angus McBean', Australian Home Journal, May 1982, pg.33.
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