CIRCA 1690-1710, THE MARQUETRY CIRCA 1900, THE STAND ASSOCIATED

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A Dutch walnut, fruitwood and marquetry cabinet-on-stand
Circa 1690-1710, the marquetry circa 1900, the stand associated
Featherbanded overall, the rectangular cornice above a frieze inlaid with foliate lozenge panels, above a pair of doors each centred by a lobed circular panel inlaid with intricate foliate scrolls and flanked to the corners by conforming spandrels, within a crossbanded border with featherbanded lines, within a further border of scrolling foliage, the reverse of the doors inlaid with star motifs, enclosing a plain interior with three shelves and four drawers, above a frieze drawer inlaid with scrolls of foliage, on tapering octagonal legs joined by a waved stretcher, on ebonised baluster feet
212cm. high x 178cm. wide x 55cm. deep

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Lot Essay

In the last quarter of the seventeenth century, bulkier cupboards on baluster feet were gradually replaced by cabinets raised on a stand with slender legs connected by a stretcher. The carved ornament has been completely discarded in favour of marquetry or parquetry decorations.
These cabinets were made in a variety of different finishes varying from a plain walnut veneer to the sumptuous floral marquetry cabinets by Jan van Meekeren.
This lot probably had a simple veneer which was replaced with the present "seaweed" style marquetry more commonly found on English furniture. (R. Baarsen, Nederlandse Meubelen 1600-1800, Zwolle, 1993, pp. 56-65).

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