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A dresser with superstructure
Estimate €600–1.500
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An unusual writing cabinet with oratory elevation D. José I (1750–1777) / D. Maria I (1777–1816)
Estimate €12.000–18.000
Description
In rosewood and crossbanded in rosewood.
Profuse marquetry decoration in rosewood, boxwood and other timbers.
Secretary cabinet with shaped aprons, three long drawers and six inner bureau drawers with handles and escutcheons in relief, pierced and gilded bronze.
Fall-front with six drawers in the interior.
Oratory with carved, shaped, pierced and gilded interior moulding.
Interior with baldachins and corbels in gilded carved wood and background lined in red damask.
Portugal, 18th/19th century.
(signs of use, minor losses and defects)
265x125x77 cm
The relationship between what we see and what we know is never complete. The way we see things is influenced by what we know, or by what we believe.
