Lot Essay
A similar cabinet-on-stand is illustrated in C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1989, p. 142. A similar bureau cabinet was at sold Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1994, lot 22.
LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A Viennese giltmetal and enamel-mounted ebonised triptych cabinet-on-stand
Late 19th Century
Mounted overall with rectangular, circular and shaped pictorial and floral enamel plaques, the upper section with a galleried dome flanked by a pair of putti above three shelves, with panels depicting mythological and romantic scenes, flanked by a pair of spiral turned columns and a galleried shelf to each side, each with a putti, above a cupboard door and drawer, the interior with three drawers decorated with plaques showing the months of the year, the lower section with a moulded edge above a rounded frieze with plaques, fitted with two drawers, on tapering baluster columns joined by an 'X'-stretcher centred by a putto, on bun feet
51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 70 in. (178 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep
Late 19th Century
Mounted overall with rectangular, circular and shaped pictorial and floral enamel plaques, the upper section with a galleried dome flanked by a pair of putti above three shelves, with panels depicting mythological and romantic scenes, flanked by a pair of spiral turned columns and a galleried shelf to each side, each with a putti, above a cupboard door and drawer, the interior with three drawers decorated with plaques showing the months of the year, the lower section with a moulded edge above a rounded frieze with plaques, fitted with two drawers, on tapering baluster columns joined by an 'X'-stretcher centred by a putto, on bun feet
51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 70 in. (178 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep