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Lot 255

Sale 5331 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 22, 2012 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000
Price Realized
$4,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Large Spanish parcel gilt walnut and iron mounted vargueno on stand 16th/17th century

Rectangular form, the case mounted with iron cornerpieces and straps, heavy handles to the sides, with scroll plates backed in red cloth, the fall front with central scroll form escutcheon with red cloth, flanked by two cruciform plates with drop-handles and two sliding locks to the edges, opening to a series of molded drawers and cupboard doors, with architectural fronts and scallop form pulls, three inlaid with bone crucifixes; the stand incorporating some early elements, with scallop-front lopers, over turned and carved architectural supports, raised on sledge feet.

Vargueno H: 27, W: 43 1/2, D: 17; on stand H: 59 3/4 in.

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