A Spanish gilt-bronze-mounted tortoiseshell and ebony cabinet mid 17th century

the interior with two rows of six brass rosewood and tortoiseshell inlaid drawers decorated with brass roundels, with further drawers above and below, with a deep drawer flanked by solomonic colums and surmounted by a balustrade, on a later gilt-bronze-and wrought-iron-mounted walnut stand

In very good restored condition. Can be placed immediately. A most impressive piece. Old minor restored vertical cracks in the veneered rosewood panels in the sides and the reverse of the large central door which have been very well executed and are hardly noticeable. Old very minor restorations to the veneer. Feet and central gilt-bronze winged figure in the niche probably later replacements. There are some age cracks in the veneer of some of the salomonic columns which can easily be filled and some old very minor restorations to the tortoishell veneer on the columns with a minor are of filler on one. There is a secret drawer beneath the deep central drawer inside the cabinet. Recommended.
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Comparative Literature:
L. Feduchi, El Meuble Espagnol, 1969, p. 130, no. 117, for a related tortoiseshell cabinet shown in situ in the palace of Benamejí, Santillana del Mar, Santander.
Also see R. Doménech and L.P. Bueno, Antique Spanish Furniture, New York, 1965, p. 50, no. XXXIII, for another related tortoiseshell cabinet inlaid with roundels and surmounted by winged eagle finials as on the offered cabinet.