Live Auction 14219Noble & Private Collections Part I
A FLEMISH PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD BUREAU
Lot 149 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION (Lots 142-144 & 146-157)

A FLEMISH PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD BUREAU

ANTWERP, IN THE MANNER OF VAN SOEST, SECOND-HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE STAND RECONSTRUCTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Closed25 April 2017

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GBP 3,125

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A FLEMISH PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD BUREAU
ANTWERP, IN THE MANNER OF VAN SOEST, SECOND-HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE STAND RECONSTRUCTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with chinoiserie scenes
45 in. (114.5 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

The Property of a Private Collector; Sotheby's, London, 7 December 2005, lot 147.

Specialist note

This bureau in the manner of the Antwerp furniture-maker and dealer Hendrik van Soest (1659-after 1726), is finely decorated with pewter inlaid chinoiseries scenes after designs by the Dutch traveler Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672).