17th CENTURY IVORY, TORTOISE & EBONY COLLECTOR’S CABINET
c1660-1690, Northern Italy (probably) on Late 18th Century Stand)
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An arrangement of seven dovetailed drawers with tortoise panels surrounded by ivory borders and ebony molding,
the central vertical door with architectural cornice depicting a figure a carrying water jug, other engravings including a
dachshund chasing a hare, scrolls, and soldiers, the sides with geometric inlaid further panels of ivory and tortoise;
the 18th century ebonized top with inlaid boxwood oval and stringing and mahogany banding, the corners with inlaid
mahogany rosettes, hand cut nails; cabinet secondary woods of Spanish cedar; set on a late 18th century English ebonized
pine stand with tapering club foot; mortise and tenon joinery; formerly set on bun feet, the peg holes still present
Condition: Very good; right front foot with worm erosion and back loss to cuff; one horizontal and one "hare" panel
of ivory with a painted wood substitute; expected light age yellowing and staining to the ivory; several cracks and
repairs to the ebony; age cracks the ivory and tortoise inlay; some minor scuffs to the ebonized stand
Height: 42”
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#4473
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