λ A DUTCH BAROQUE ROSEWOOD AND EBONISED CUPBOARD KUSSENKAST

λ A DUTCH BAROQUE ROSEWOOD AND EBONISED CUPBOARD KUSSENKAST

PROBABLY AMSTERDAM, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

with ripple mouldings, the moulded cornice centred with winged cherubs above a lion's mask and angels, with a scrolling leaf frieze decorated with lions and cherubs, with a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf flanked by columns with cherub head capitals, above a pair of drawers, on turned ebonised bun feet

217.8cm high, 232cm wide, 85.5cm deep

Provenance

A German Count, his schloss near Saarbrücken. The family derives originally from Westphalen, near the Dutch border which explains the cupboard's origins.

Purchased Sotheby's Amsterdam, 1st November 2006, Crowns and Coronets, lot 168.