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Lot 579
AN ITALIAN EBONY, EBONIZED AND ENGRAVED IVORY CABINET-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed16 December 2009
Price Realised
EUR 5,625
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AN ITALIAN EBONY, EBONIZED AND ENGRAVED IVORY CABINET-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Banded overall and inlaid with premier and contre partie arabesque patterns, hunting and amorous scenes, the domed hinged top above a fitted architectural interior, enclosing a central cupboard door, depicting a gentleman, surmounted by one drawer and flanked by five drawers to each side, above a frieze with two drawers, the stand with moulded rectangular top, above a frieze drawer, on tapering baluster legs, joined by an X-shaped stretcher, old paper inventory label to the back Privateigenthum Sr. D. des Fürten Heinrich XIV. Reuss I..., inventory number to the back II, 10, 159E, museum label to the side inscribed Leihgabe Sammlung Ruthenus
163 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 41 cm. deep
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Banded overall and inlaid with premier and contre partie arabesque patterns, hunting and amorous scenes, the domed hinged top above a fitted architectural interior, enclosing a central cupboard door, depicting a gentleman, surmounted by one drawer and flanked by five drawers to each side, above a frieze with two drawers, the stand with moulded rectangular top, above a frieze drawer, on tapering baluster legs, joined by an X-shaped stretcher, old paper inventory label to the back Privateigenthum Sr. D. des Fürten Heinrich XIV. Reuss I..., inventory number to the back II, 10, 159E, museum label to the side inscribed Leihgabe Sammlung Ruthenus
163 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 41 cm. deep
AN ITALIAN EBONY, EBONIZED AND ENGRAVED IVORY CABINET-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Banded overall and inlaid with premier and contre partie arabesque patterns, hunting and amorous scenes, the domed hinged top above a fitted architectural interior, enclosing a central cupboard door, depicting a gentleman, surmounted by one drawer and flanked by five drawers to each side, above a frieze with two drawers, the stand with moulded rectangular top, above a frieze drawer, on tapering baluster legs, joined by an X-shaped stretcher, old paper inventory label to the back Privateigenthum Sr. D. des Fürten Heinrich XIV. Reuss I..., inventory number to the back II, 10, 159E, museum label to the side inscribed Leihgabe Sammlung Ruthenus
163 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 41 cm. deep
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Banded overall and inlaid with premier and contre partie arabesque patterns, hunting and amorous scenes, the domed hinged top above a fitted architectural interior, enclosing a central cupboard door, depicting a gentleman, surmounted by one drawer and flanked by five drawers to each side, above a frieze with two drawers, the stand with moulded rectangular top, above a frieze drawer, on tapering baluster legs, joined by an X-shaped stretcher, old paper inventory label to the back Privateigenthum Sr. D. des Fürten Heinrich XIV. Reuss I..., inventory number to the back II, 10, 159E, museum label to the side inscribed Leihgabe Sammlung Ruthenus
163 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 41 cm. deep
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