A ROSEWOOD VENEERED AND EBONIZED CABINET ON STAND, the breakfront cornice with three quarter gallery fitted with brass pilasters, the angles each with an eagle finial, the moulded frieze above an architectural central cupboard door inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell and engraved with a vase of flowers flanked by two ivory pilasters engraved with masks to square bases opening to reveal four drawers and flanked by six drawers inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell panels engraved with hunting scenes and scrolling foliage, on moulded spreading base and claw-and-ball feet, on later breakfront stand, the frieze inlaid with similar panels on spirally moulded legs joined by plain stretchers, 17th Century
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A ROSEWOOD VENEERED AND EBONIZED CABINET ON STAND, the breakfront cornice with three quarter gallery fitted with brass pilasters, the angles each with an eagle finial, the moulded frieze above an architectural central cupboard door inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell and engraved with a vase of flowers flanked by two ivory pilasters engraved with masks to square bases opening to reveal four drawers and flanked by six drawers inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell panels engraved with hunting scenes and scrolling foliage, on moulded spreading base and claw-and-ball feet, on later breakfront stand, the frieze inlaid with similar panels on spirally moulded legs joined by plain stretchers, 17th Century
172 cm high x 110 cm wide x 39.5 cm deep
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