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A DUTCH BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND FIGURED-WALNUT DISPLAY CABINET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A DUTCH BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT AND FIGURED-WALNUT DISPLAY CABINET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The waved eared moulded cornice centred by a C-scroll and rockwork clasp flanked by three C-scrolled brackets to each side, above a pair of glass-panelled doors and sides, the bombé base with three drawers, flanked by three simulated drawers to each side, the waved apron centred by an urn between claw-and-ball feet
254 cm. high x 193 cm. wide x 50 cm. deep
Provenance
Previously sold in these rooms, 6 and 7 September 1984, lot 592.
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Lot Essay
This rococo-style cabinet is executed after an 18th Century example now in the Rijksmuseum and illustrated in R. Baarsen, Nederlandse meubelen 1600-1800, Zwolle, 1993, p. 115.
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