Live Auction 17186The Collector: Silver and 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics & Works of Art
A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY, AND IVORY MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
Lot 676 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY, AND IVORY MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET

ATTRIBUTED TO HOLLAND & SONS, LONDON, CIRCA 1870

Closed14 November 2019

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GBP 5,000

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A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY, AND IVORY MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
ATTRIBUTED TO HOLLAND & SONS, LONDON, CIRCA 1870
Surmounted by a two-tiered gallery with mirrored back, of rectangular outshape, with a cupboard door decorated with marquetry trophy emblematic of wisdom, enclosing an interior with two later glass shelves, flanked to the front corners by baluster pilasters
59 ½ in. (151 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep

Specialist note


The design and construction of this cabinet compares to a suite of furniture supplied in the 1870s by Holland & Sons for King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, as Prince and Princess of Wales, for the 'Great Drawing Room' at Marlborough House (sese a Royal cabinet sold Christie’s, London, 19 March 2008, lot 100).