AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT RED AND CREAM-JAPANNED AND LACCA POVERA BUREAU CABINET

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23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Los 506 | AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT RED AND CREAM-JAPANNED AND LACCA POVERA BUREAU CABINET
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$ 200 000 – 400 000
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT RED AND CREAM-JAPANNED AND LACCA POVERA BUREAU CABINET

PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1740

In two parts; the upper part with a scrolled arched cornice centered by a mirrored panel and surmounted by a cartouche enclosing the insignia of Pope Pius VI, the corners fitted with figures representing the four seasons, above a pair of arched mirrored cupboard doors opening to reveal a mirrored door, flanked by a pair of doors, all beneath three pigeonholes and above an arrangement of later-added short drawers; the lower part with a slant front opening to reveal three pigeonholes above one convex and two concave-fronted drawers; above four long serpentine drawers fitted with gilt-metal handles and keyhole escutcheons, the canted corners and sides with shaped pilasters continuing to outscrolled acanthus leaf-carved feet; the whole decorated in lacca povera incorporating landscapes, hunting scenes, varicolored birds and animals on cream reserves and a red lacquered ground highlighted with gilding, the cresting later painted and possibly associated, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

112 in. (284.5 cm.) high, 56 1/2 in. (143.5 cm.) wide, 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Ducs de Grimaldi, by repute.

Maillat Collection, according to Pelham Galleries.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1984, lot 290.

The Collection of Roberto Polo; Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 1989, lot 90.

With Pelham Galleries, London.

With Partridge, London.

Acquired from James Hepworth, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1993.



Literature

‌F. de Dampierre, The Best of Painted Furniture, New York, 1987, p. 59.

M. Agnellini, Mobili Italiani del Settecento, Milan, 1990, p. 109.

M. Riccardi-Cubitt, The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, pl. 55, p. 104.



Exhibited

London, The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 1990 (with Pelham Galleries).



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