A GERMAN WALNUT, ASH, BIRCH FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CHEST, PROBABLY NUREMBERG OR ULM, CIRCA 1580-1600

A GERMAN WALNUT, ASH, BIRCH FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CHEST
PROBABLY NUREMBERG OR ULM, CIRCA 1580-1600
The shaped rectangular top with floral and foliate marquetry panels above an architectural façade with engaged columns having cherubuim cornices, animal and floral spray marquetry and opening to a marquetried hinged compartment and two small drawers, the base fitted with further drawers, later bun feet
41 ½ in. (103 cm.) high, 72 ½ in. (184 cm.) wide, 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) deep

Provenance

Sir Lionel Phillips, Tylney Hall, Hampshire, circa 1927.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 15 June 1973, lot 64.
With Arthur Brett, Norwich.
Sotheby's, New York, 8-9 December 1978, lot 398.