A SPANISH BAROQUE PARCEL-GILT, BONE-INLAID AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED VARGUENO-ON-CABINET

17TH CENTURY, THE TOP AND BASE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED

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A SPANISH BAROQUE PARCEL-GILT, BONE-INLAID AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED VARGUENO-ON-CABINET
17th Century, the top and base possibly associated
In two sections, the upper section with a configuration of three drawers over a pair of doors centered by two rows of two short drawers above three long drawers, each drawer front with central oval gilt-metal escutcheon set to a panelled, the sides with gilt metal braces and wrought-iron handles, on bun feet, formerly covered with red velvet, the lower section with a pair of deep drawers above a pair of doors, each with geometrically inlaid and painted panelled fronts, the sides plain panelled in walnut and with wrought-iron handles, on bun feet
22in. (56cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide, 15½in. (39.5cm.) wide the upper section; 31in. (79cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep the lower section

Provenance

Adnan Khashoggi

Lot Essay

The intricate interior of this vargueño, unlike many of this type which are enclosed by fall-front writing surfaces, is immediately accessible. A closely related cabinet and base, with both the same construction and decoration, is in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. See L. Feduchi, El mueble Español, Barcelona, 1969, p.123.

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