A WILLIAM AND MARY ‘NASHIJI’ AND GILT-JAPANNED SCRETAIRE-CABINET

Lot 9
07.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1357915
Lot 9 | A WILLIAM AND MARY ‘NASHIJI’ AND GILT-JAPANNED SCRETAIRE-CABINET
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 200 000
A WILLIAM AND MARY ‘NASHIJI’ AND GILT-JAPANNED SCRETAIRE-CABINET
CIRCA 1690, THE CRESTING PROBABLY LATER
The double-domed leaf-tip carved cornice surmounted by a silvered foliate carved pierced cresting above a pair of arched mirror paneled doors, enclosing a fitted interior of variously sized drawers, the base fitted with a fall-front secretaire drawer enclosing a further fitted interior above three long graduated drawers on later bun feet, the whole decorated with fantastical scenes of figures bearing paddle fans, landscapes with pavilions and exotic birds and foliage on a faux nashiji lacquer ground, outer mirrored slips formerly with gilt lead divides and now with remnants of gilding
77 ½ in. (196.8 cm.) high, 41 in. (104.1 cm.) wide, 21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) deep




Provenance

The Collection of Carl and Lily Pforzheimer, Park Avenue, New York City.
Thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature


COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1924, vol. I, p. 123, fig. 11 (closed) and opposite p. 122 (open).
F. L. Hinckley, A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, New York, 1971, p. 161, fig. 240
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