A CHARLES II BLACK JAPANNED CABINET, English, circa 1680
Height: 5 ft 5 ¼ 166 cm
Width: 3 ft 7 in; 109 cm
Depth: 1 ft 10 ½ in; 57 cm
Width: 3 ft 7 in; 109 cm
Depth: 1 ft 10 ½ in; 57 cm
4479831
£100,000 +
Further images
The cabinet retains virtually all the japanned decoration, with some restored areas, and most of the original gilding.
The cabinet retains virtually all the japanned decoration, with some restored areas, and most of the original gilding.
Provenance
Sir Spencer C. Ponsonby Fane, England;
M. Harris & Sons, London, England;
Private collection, England;
Private collection, USA.
Literature
Illustrated:
Percy Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, vol. II, ‘The Age of Walnut’, 1905, p. 144, fig. 131.
M. Harris & Sons, ‘An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art’, 1926, p. 52; illustrated in the Long Gallery in their shop premises.
Sotheby’s, ‘Important English Furniture’, sale catalogue, 19 June 1981, p. 38, lot 38.
