17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ANTWERP

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A FLEMISH SILVER-MOUNTED, EBONY AND EBONIZED TABLE CABINET
17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ANTWERP
The hinged rectangular top enclosing a well with three silver-mounted panels, above a pair of geometrically-panelled doors with conforming sides, enclosing a fitted interior with ten drawers around an architectural pedimented door enclosing four further drawers and a concealed drawer, with silverwork fronts of grotesk foliage, the doors with raised octagonal panels depicting Cupid in his chariot above an inscription band AMOR VINCIT ONNIA and a scientist with an angel above with inscription band CONSTANTIA ET LABORE; minor losses and replacements to the silverwork
46 cm. high x 54.5 cm. wide x 32.5 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Table cabinets with similar architectural arangements, variously decorated with painted panels; applied silver- or metalwork; or a combination of both belonged to the Antwerp repertoire of the mid to third quarter of the 17th Century. They were conceived as conversation pieces, un-asuming on the outside, but once opened reveiling a varied and richly decorated interior.
A related cabinet of similar outline is illustrated in, R. Fabri, Zuid-Nederlandse pronkmeubels, 16e-18e eeuw (Brussel, 1989), p. 137.

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