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A fine William and Mary Oyster-Veneered olive wood and floral…
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Melbourne
Date:
24-Jul-2023
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Description:
A fine William and Mary Oyster-Veneered olive wood and floral marquetry chest of drawers, late 17th century, rectangular, the top with ovolo-moulded edge above two short and three graduated long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the top cross-banded around an oyster-veneered field with an oval medallion centre and lobed spandrels inlaid with stylised floral and foliate designs in contrasting woods and colours, the drawer fronts and the sides conforming, the drawer fronts with lobed cartouches centred on the drop pulls, the sides with arch-topped rectangular floral and foliate panels to their centres, the front of the carcase with half-round mouldings, all mouldings cross-grain, 95.5 cm high, 102 cm wide, 61 cm deep. Other notes: the construction of the carcase and drawers of this chest largely conforms to what Adam Bowett (English furniture from Charles II to Queen Anne (2006)) described as 'First-phase' case furniture construction, dating to the last quarter of the seventeenth century, but with a couple of variations suggesting transition in the 1690s towards Bowett's 'Second-phase' construction. The secondary woods of the chest and drawers are predominantly oak and walnut with only occasional use of pine. The bracket feet replace the original bun feet but are of some age and well match the rest of the chest in figuring and colour.
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Furniture: Chests of Drawers