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A DUTCH GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT AND STAINED WALNUT VITRINE ON STAND CONTAINING A HAIR-WORK BOUQUET
Lot 628

A DUTCH GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT AND STAINED WALNUT VITRINE ON STAND CONTAINING A HAIR-WORK BOUQUET

BY I.W DE HOOG JZ., CIRCA 1871

Closed16 December 2008

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EUR 2,500

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A DUTCH GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT AND STAINED WALNUT VITRINE ON STAND CONTAINING A HAIR-WORK BOUQUET
BY I.W DE HOOG Jz., CIRCA 1871
The glazed vitrine with a carved domed top and colums to the angles, the reverse with a hinged door and applied with a printed paper label
215 cm. high x 83 cm. wide x 71 cm. deep
Together with a frame with repeating paper label and applied with small portrait photographs of members of the De Hoog family and inscribed in ink Geschenk aan mijn Vader/15 December 1871-5/I de Hoog Jz. (2)

Specialist note

This hair-work bouquet was made as a gift to the father of Mr. I.W. de Hoog and presented to him on his birthday on 15 December 1871. It has been made as a commemorative piece remembering deceased relatives.
The reverse of the frame is applied with portraits of some of these family members. The printed label is inscribed Dit haarbouquet vervaardigd door I.W. de Hoog Jz. oorspronkelijk aangeboden aan zijn Vader, op den verjaardag van 15 December 1871. Gerestaureerd en met meerdere haarbloemen toegevoegd in de oorlogsjaren van 1914-'15./TER NAGEDACHTENIS van dierbare Overledenen en ter eere van bloed- en aanverwanten.... followed by a list with the names of the family members who's hair has been used in this bouquet.