17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRID, ON A LATER STAND INCORPORATING 17TH CENTURY ELEMENTS

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A SPANISH EBONY, ROSEWOOD, IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL CABINET ON STAND
17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRID, ON A LATER STAND INCORPORATING 17TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
The front profusely engraved and inlaid with grotesque beasts and hunting scenes, the broken moulded pediment above a panel with coat-of-arms, flanked by a pierced and balustraded gallery with finials, above a central cupboard door, depicting a central panel with a gentleman, flanked by herm pilasters, opening to reveal a mirrored architectural interior, flanked by pierced twin spirally-turned columns, surrounded by eleven various panelled drawers, the stand with moulded rectangular top, on five spirally turned legs, joined by pierced foliate splats and a rectangular stretcher
208 cm. high x 122 cm. wide x 47 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

This spectacular Spanish cabinet is of a type known as 'papeleira', which developed from the more functional 16th century drop-front secretaire-on-stand, or 'vargueno'. A pair of comparable Spanish cabinets was sold Christie's New York, Oct. 21, 2005, lot 360. Other Spanish cabinets dated to the mid-17th century are illustrated in M. Alonso, El Mueble en Espana Siglos XVI-XVII, Madrid, 1993, figs. 237, 239 and 241 - 2.

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