Nasrid Dynasty Revival Furniture, a Fine wooden cabinet with matching Stand inlaid with bone and Parquetry Wood Work, Decorated with Geometrical Designs, Probably Granada-Spain Circa Early 19th. Century.

Identification Number: 582
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Description

The Rectangular shaped cabinet is mounted on a separate rectangular shaped stand or table, both are decorated with various geometrical designs in bone and various types of wood.

The cabined has six drawers with one rather very unusual central drawer decorated with a very unusual shaped eight pointed star and one once the drawer is pulled out two elaborate cusped arches appear on each side of the drawer.

(This item contains a little percentage of ivory therefore it had been registered for exemption, declaration reference no. RU75RF86).

References

For various related Hispanic cabinets, please see

El Mueble En Espana, Siglos XVI-XVII, Furniture in Spain From the XVI-XVII, By Maria Paz Aglio Alonso, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Ediciones Antiqvaris S.A. (Superior Council of scientific investigations), Madrid, 1993, ISBN: 84-86508-32-0.

Hispanic Furniture, From The Fifteenth Through the Eighteenth Century, By Grace Hardendorff Burr, The Archive Press,, New York 1964, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 64-22364.
By Rafael Domenech (galissa) & Luis Perez Bueno, The Archive Press, New York, 1965,
Antique Spanish Furniture, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 64-25672.


Sotheby’s Auction House, Arts of the Islamic World, London 24th. October 2018, Please see sold lot No. 122 page 107.