A SWISS WALNUT 'WEDDING' CABINET
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A SWISS WALNUT 'WEDDING' CABINET
POSSIBLY BASEL, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
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The rectangular cresting with egg-and-dart moulding above two frieze drawers centred by angel masks and flanked by grotesques, above a pair of cupboard doors incorporating the arms of the Brandenberg and the von Reinach families, divided by the figure of Hercules in the centre and two female caryatids to either side, above a border decorated with two winged griffins and scrolling foliage, the base conformingly decorated with two frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors, flanked by the figures of Adam and Eve and centred by the Three Graces, on bun feet modelled as tortoises, previously dark-stained
72 1/4 in. (183.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zürich, 10 December 1996, lot 221.
POSSIBLY BASEL, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Details
The rectangular cresting with egg-and-dart moulding above two frieze drawers centred by angel masks and flanked by grotesques, above a pair of cupboard doors incorporating the arms of the Brandenberg and the von Reinach families, divided by the figure of Hercules in the centre and two female caryatids to either side, above a border decorated with two winged griffins and scrolling foliage, the base conformingly decorated with two frieze drawers above a pair of cupboard doors, flanked by the figures of Adam and Eve and centred by the Three Graces, on bun feet modelled as tortoises, previously dark-stained
72 1/4 in. (183.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zürich, 10 December 1996, lot 221.
Buyer's Premium
- 26% up to £800,000.00
- 21% up to £4,500,000.00
- 15% above £4,500,000.00
A SWISS WALNUT 'WEDDING' CABINET
Estimate £12,000 - £18,000
Starting Price £6,000
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