A WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS-MOUNTED AND POLYCHROME AND GILT-JAPANNED CABINET ON A GILTWOOD STAND
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The cabinet of typical shape with a pair of doors decorated with figures standing around exotic flowering trees and enclosing an interior fitted with eleven drawers and similarly decorated with flower-filled vases and exotic landscapes, the giltwood stand with elaborately-carved and pierced rails, centred to the front by a shell flanked by winged putti, on double C-scroll legs terminating in volute feet, the backrail replaced, the cabinet with old paper depository label of Archer, Cowley & Co, Oxford, inscribed '.. C.F. Bell' and numbered '55', the stand with paper label 'W. WINGATE & JOHNSTON LTD.' numbered '1', the stand regilt and with later backboard
63¼ in. (161 cm.) high; 49 in. (125 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (127 cm.) deep
A WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS-MOUNTED AND POLYCHROME AND GILT-JAPANNED CABINET ON A GILTWOOD STAND
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The cabinet of typical shape with a pair of doors decorated with figures standing around exotic flowering trees and enclosing an interior fitted with eleven drawers and similarly decorated with flower-filled vases and exotic landscapes, the giltwood stand with elaborately-carved and pierced rails, centred to the front by a shell flanked by winged putti, on double C-scroll legs terminating in volute feet, the backrail replaced, the cabinet with old paper depository label of Archer, Cowley & Co, Oxford, inscribed '.. C.F. Bell' and numbered '55', the stand with paper label 'W. WINGATE & JOHNSTON LTD.' numbered '1', the stand regilt and with later backboard
63¼ in. (161 cm.) high; 49 in. (125 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (127 cm.) deep
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