PROBABLY FRISIAN, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, THE ARMORIAL FRIEZE 19TH CENTURY

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A Dutch parcel-gilt and polychrome painted sidetable
PROBABLY FRISIAN, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, THE ARMORIAL FRIEZE 19TH CENTURY
The later rectangular black and red variegated marble top on S-scroll supports joined by a pierced frieze centred by a double acollé coat-of-arms issuing scrolling arabesques
82 cm. high x 132 cm. wide x 67 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

This typical table falls into a group of Dutch carved and painted wood tables and stands referred to as "kwabtafels". Kwab refers to the Auricular style of ornament adopted by Dutch Silversmiths such as Johannes Lutma and the van Vianen brothers in the beginning of the 17th century. Much later this style was adopted into the designs of carved furniture such as tables, stands and hall-benches. The present table could possibly have been conceived as a stand for a cabinet, a cabinet on a "kwabtafel" stand is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, see R.J. Baarsen, Nederlandse Meubelen 1600-1800, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam/Zwolle 1993, cat. no. 18, pp. 42-43. The double coat-of-arms indicates that this table was commissioned on the occasion of a marriage.

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