MID-19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH, THE MARQUETRY OF THE SIDE DOORS LOUIS XIV

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, EBONISED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
MID-19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH, THE MARQUETRY OF THE SIDE DOORS LOUIS XIV
Inlaid overall with brass banding, the rectangular rounded top with a breakfront recessed centre above a convex moulded cresting, the panelled frieze inlaid with scrolling foliage and mounted with floral patera and scrolling acanthus, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two shelves, flanked to either side by a shaped door inlaid with scrolling foliage, birds and insects and mounted with a pair of classically draped maidens, enclosing two further shelves, divided by husk-filled fluting headed by winged masks, the sides mounted with further classically-draped maidens, on a stepped and stiff-leaf wrapped plinth, the corners mounted with shells issuing from acanthus, losses to the marquetry
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 96 in. (244 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably acquired by Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper (1834-1905), Panshanger, Hertfordshire, thence by descent to
his niece Lady Desborough (d. 1952), thence by descent to
Viscountess Imogen Gage, Firle.
Thence by descent at Firle, from 1953.

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Lot Essay

The celebrated picture collection assembled by the Earls Cowper at Panshanger included two Raphael Madonnas, which were sold by Lady Desborough between the wars for the astonishing sum of $1,440,000, after she had inherited the estate from her uncle the 7th Earl, who had left no immediate heirs. Panshanger was sadly demolished soon after Lady Desborough's death in 1952.

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