AN OTTOMAN TURKISH TORTOISESHELL, BONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WALNUT TABLE CABINET
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
12000GBP £ 12 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 1071160
Lot 93 | AN OTTOMAN TURKISH TORTOISESHELL, BONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WALNUT TABLE CABINET
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
DATED AUGUST 1690
Elaborately inlaid to all sides with tessellated designs and geometric borders, fitted with eight small drawers, previously with detachable front cover, one drawer inscribed in black ink 'This cabinet I brought out of Turkey,/it was made there, August 1690, Eliz: Trumbull', the carcase with further ink markings and the drawers with later locating pencil inscriptions, minor losses
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high; 16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) wide; 9 in. (22 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired by Elizabeth Trumbull, August 1690 (according to inscription) and by descent in the Sandys and Hill families at Ombersley Court.
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 96, pl. 5.
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cans |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cans |
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