A DUTCH CARVED PINE HALL BENCH

LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH CARVED PINE HALL BENCH
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
THE ARCHED SERPENTINE PIERCED FOLIATE BACK WITH SCROLLING ACANTHUS, STRAPWORK AND FLOWERS, OVER A SERPENTINE SEATRAIL AND ACANTHUS-SCROLLED LEGS, SEATRAIL, AND PART OF THE BACK REPLACED, PREVIOUSLY DECORATED
45 IN. (114 CM.) HIGH, 73 IN. (185 CM.) WIDE, 14 IN. (36 CM.) DEEP, 18 IN. (46 CM.) SEAT HEIGHT

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THIS RICHLY CARVED HALL BENCH IS DIRECTLY INSPIRED BY THE DESIGNS OF THE HUGELY INFLUENTIAL ORNEMANISTE DANIEL MAROT. THE DESIGN OF THE BACK IN PARTICULAR DERIVES FROM HIS DESIGNS FOR HEADBOARDS AND BEDS OF THE LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY. RELATED DUTCH BENCHES WERE SOLD FROM THE SCHEMERHORN COLLECTION, CHRTISTIE'S, AMSTERDAM, 29 SEPTEMBER, 1999, LOTS 542-546.

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