A Spanish Early Baroque Pen Engraved Bone Marquetry Walnut Vargueno, Early 17th Century

on a later mahogany stand

height varqueno 11 ½ in.; width 20 ½ in.; depth 12 ½ in.

height stand 29 in.; width 22 in. depth 14 ¼ in.

29.2 cm; 52 cm; 31.8 cm

73.5 cm; 56 cm; 36.2 cm

Catalogue note
Bargueño would be the Spanish pronunciation for this wooden collector's cabinet. Of Asian inspiration, it first appeared in Europe in the late Middle Ages and became common in the Colonial Latin American Empire from the late 16th century onward. Essentially a chest with a fall front, the interior is divided into an arrangement of drawers traditionally inlaid with camel bone and meant as a travelling chest. 



Provenance
Property of a gentleman from Spain