Lot Essay
A related varqueno is illustrated in Adolf Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels, Berlin, 1927, pl. 218.
See illustration
See illustration
17TH CENTURY
Details
A Spanish gilt-metal-mounted ivory, walnut and parcel-gilt varqueno
17th Century
The rectangular top above a fall flap with various red velvet-lined panels mounted with pierced arabesques, enclosing a fitted interior with two doors and twenty-two drawers, the architectural facades with disengaged columns, the stand with two panelled drawers and two panelled cupboard doors, each with a lozenge centred by an oval surrounding the stylized vase-shaped lockplate, carrying handles to the sides
141cm. high x 108cm. wide x 46cm. deep
17th Century
The rectangular top above a fall flap with various red velvet-lined panels mounted with pierced arabesques, enclosing a fitted interior with two doors and twenty-two drawers, the architectural facades with disengaged columns, the stand with two panelled drawers and two panelled cupboard doors, each with a lozenge centred by an oval surrounding the stylized vase-shaped lockplate, carrying handles to the sides
141cm. high x 108cm. wide x 46cm. deep
Literature
Dr. Anne Berendsen, Het meubel, Hilversum, 1967, pls 37 and 37a.