Lot 31
31
A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST
A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST
A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST
A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST
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A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST

SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY

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A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST
SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY
The wooden body inlaid with ivory, bone, ebony, and silver tesserae, the front panel with a border of stellar motifs within octagons, the side and upper surfaces similar, the base and reverse undecorated, hinged handles to the sides, the front with a large lock and hinged clasp with key, the hinge at the base with elegant chasing to the interior, the front opening to reveal six equal-sized drawers and one longer one with handles, the fronts inlaid, on small knop feet
10 5⁄8 x 14 3⁄8 x 9in. (27.1 x 36.6 x 22.9cm.)

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Lot Essay

For a discussion on post-Nasrid taracea inlaid furniture please refer to the lot note for lot 33. A similar fall-front cabinet, although slightly earlier in date, sold in these Rooms 10 October 2014, lot 229 and another casket of comparable scale and date to the present lot was sold at Sotheby’s London, 23 October 2024, lot 114.

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