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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CABINET-ON-STAND

Lot 18
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -05:00
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$ 856 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027465
Lot 18 | AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CABINET-ON-STAND
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CABINET-ON-STAND

THE CABINET ROME OR FLORENCE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY, THE PIETRA DURA PANELS LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, FLORENCE, MODIFIED IN THE 18TH CENTURY, WITH FURTHER EMBELLISHMENTS IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY INCLUDING THE STAND

Of architectural form, the arched cresting with an acanthus leaf above a large shell issuing a flowering rose branch, flanked by cornucopiae, the central door beneath a bird in flight and decorated with a vase of fruits surmounted by a goldfinch opening to reveal four drawers, each depicting one of the four elements, flanked by two columns with Ionic capitals and two cupboard doors, each decorated with three plaques depicting fruit branches and a village scene, above a frieze drawer mounted with foliate swags, the waved apron on scrolling feet, on a later molded stand on vert de mer cylindrical columns headed by acanthus leaf scrolling capitals on a molded plinth on paw feet, inscribed in black ink 'BoR 28', with two labels; some losses

78 in. (198.5 cm.) high, 45 in. (114 cm.) wide, 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep





Provenance

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, (1827-1905), Grand Hall, Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.

Confiscated by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France in May 1940 (ERR no. BoR 28).

Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany (no. 766, 777).

Returned to France on 13 November 1945 and restituted to the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Ebonywood, Marble, Gold, Wood, Stone
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards
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