Beschreibung:

AN ANTWERP GILTMETAL-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY CABINET-ON-STAND LATE 17TH CENTURY The cornice above two columns of five drawers panelled with a central cabochon and with floral scrolls, flanking a central drawer simulated as three panels above an ivory baluster balcony, the two doors with a panel of repoussé music-making putti flanked by pilasters headed by caryatids and enclosing a mirrored recess flanked by four drawers on either side, above a further drawer, the stand with six octagonal tapering baluster legs joined by flat stretchers, on bun feet, the legs and feet re-gilt and probably replaced, restorations to the stand and with later X-shaped stretcher, the repoussé giltmetal mounts later 54½in. (138.5cm.) wide; 67¼in. (171cm.) high; 19in. (49cm.) deep