Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 10 October 2016

English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century
  • A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000

About this Item

A Spanish iron-mounted parcel-gilt bone and walnut Vargueno, 17th century

the front and sides with cream velvet-lined iron mounts, the sides applied with iron carrying handles, the fall-front with hasp lock and four bolts to the sides and enclosing an architectural interior fitted with thirteen drawers and a pair of cupboards, the later stand with a pair of Santiago shell lopers above turned baluster columns joined by a galleried stretcher, on a trestle base, minor restorations, 148cm high, 113,5cm wide, 41cm deep

Provenance

Purchased by the current owner from Monsieur Roger Leon, Paris, 1964.



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