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The Ditchley Park Cabinet

$896,891.32
£650,000
€764,015.08
CA$1,219,834.08
A$1,366,817.52
CHF 711,480.56
MX$16,720,909.88
NOK 9,030,928.73
SEK 8,529,604.15
DKK 5,703,529.21
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A MAGNIFICENT BRASS-MOUNTED PIETRA DURA, EBONY AND EBONISED CABINET-ON-STAND, DUTCH, CIRCA 1650-80, THE PIETRA DURA PANELS FLORENTINE, MID 17TH CENTURY. Inset overall with paired Florentine pietra dura panelled drawers depicting parrots and fruits on a pale Alberese limestone ground. The central door inlaid with an alabastro vase of flowers, flanked by breccia di Francia columns with gilt-bronze Corinthian capitals flanking a broken pediment centred by a demi-lune panel of a bear and a monkey, the stiles applied with ribbon-tied repoussé festoons of flowers and fruit, the sides with fielded panels. The lower frieze drawer panels depicting two dogs and a bear and various fruits, flanked by repoussé lion masks. The later stand with spiral twist columns linked by a moulded stretcher on bun feet. 87.5 in. (222 cm.) high; 62 in. (157 cm.) wide; 23.75 in. (60 cm.) deep. Provenance George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1718-1772): inventoried on his death in 'Lord Lichfield's Chamber' at Ditchley Park, ‘A fine large Cabinet, with a curious inlaid marble front’; Thence by descent to Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon CH FBA (1844-1932); Thence by descent. Literature Tessa Murdoch, Noble Households, Eighteenth-Century Inventories of Great English Houses, Cambridge, 2006, p. 156
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 87.5 in (222.25 cm)Width: 62 in (157.48 cm)Depth: 23.75 in (60.33 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1680
  • Condition:
    Additions or alterations made to the original: The later stand with spiral twist columns linked by a moulded stretcher on bun feet. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU943942549472

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