Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
About this Item
A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
the front and sides with cream velvet-lined iron mounts, the sides applied with iron carrying handles, the fall-front with hasp lock and four bolts to the sides and enclosing an architectural interior fitted with thirteen drawers and a pair of cupboards, the later stand with a pair of Santiago shell lopers above turned baluster columns joined by a galleried stretcher, on a trestle base, minor restorations,148cm high, 113,5cm wide, 41cm deep
Provenance
Purchased by the current owner from Monsieur Roger Leon, Paris, 1964.