Lot no. 122
122. 122W Y Antwerp cabinet in fruitwood and blackened wood, gilded wood and red horn, partly 17th century
A Flemish simulated tortoiseshell inlaid, ebonised, fruitwood and giltwood cabinet on stand, Antwerp, part 17th century
Of rectangular form, opening with ten variously sized drawers simulated as twelve drawers, each with inset simulated tortoiseshell horn panels and with giltwood scrolling motifs, four columns with corinthian capitals, with a central door inset to the reverse with a Flemish 17th century oil painting on copper depicting the sacrifice of Abraham, and enclosing a columnated and mirrored interior above a drawer, the superstructure with a further panelled door flanked by columns and two drawers below a mirrored gallery, the later base with baluster turned legs joined by a panelled undertier, and terminating in turned feet, with a detached trade label inscribed 'Scriban Louis XIII ancien, Ecaille, ébène et dorure' and 'Henri Becker, rue des... Kolven...', restorations and alterations, 114.5cm wide, 49.5cm deep, 217cm high (45in wide, 19in deep, 85in high).
The antique dealer Henri Becker was based at Kolveniersstraat in Antwerp, still Rue des Arquebusiers at the time (in 1918, the first French street names were erased).
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