Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
A SPANISH IRON-MOUNTED BONE-INLAID WALNUT AND CHESTNUT VARGUENO
Lot 249

A SPANISH IRON-MOUNTED BONE-INLAID WALNUT AND CHESTNUT VARGUENO

17TH CENTURY

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 20,900

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A SPANISH IRON-MOUNTED BONE-INLAID WALNUT AND CHESTNUT VARGUENO
17TH CENTURY
The top with a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with fifteen drawers and three doors, the base with two drawers and two doors, the top and bottom apparently original
58 in. (147.5 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

The lion-fretted iron-work also features on a related cabinet acquired in 1864 by the Victoria & Albert Museum, and discussed by J. H. Pollen, Ancient and Modern Furniture, 1876 (p.78). Very similar varguenos were sold Christie's London, 10 November 2005, lot 105, and Christie's New York, 25-26 September 2001, lot 213.