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A DUTCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, AMARANTH, EBONY, FRUITWOOD AND BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDEBOARD

CIRCA 1790, ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHIJS HORRIX (1735-1809)

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A DUTCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE, AMARANTH, EBONY, FRUITWOOD AND BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDEBOARD
CIRCA 1790, ATTRIBUTED TO MATTHIJS HORRIX (1735-1809)
Crossbanded and banded overall, the associated rounded rectangular Carrara marble top above a pair of doors, each centred by a panel decorated with exotic birds in a landscape, enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, flanked by caryatids on block feet, the back and the reverse of the marble top with an old transport label dated 1894
100 cm. high x 136 cm wide x 57 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The present sideboard is strongly related to the trumeau made by Horrix for the Chinese room in Huis ten Bosch. The furnishings and panelling of the Chinese room were installed in 1790-1791. The furniture delivered for this room consisted of two fire-screens, two corner tables, a console, a trumeau and a clock case. The trumeau is illustrated in R.J. Baarsen, "In de commode van Parijs tot Den Haag', Matthijs Horrix (1735-1809), een meubelmaker in Den Haag in de tweede helft van de 18de eeuw', Oud Holland 107 (1993), p. 175. There is a clear shared characteristic of the strong canted tapering angles headed by a caryatid and terminating in feet on a square plinth.

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