Λ A PORTUGUESE ROSEWOOD CABINET ON STAND CONTADOR

Λ A PORTUGUESE ROSEWOOD CABINET ON STAND CONTADOR

IN BAROQUE STYLE, PROBABLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY

with ripple moulded decoration and fitted with twelve drawers, with gilt brass handles and escutcheons, the sides with carrying handles, the stand with a pierced and carved apron, on bulbous cup and spiral twist supports united by stretchers

159.8cm high, 119.5cm wide, 58.5cm deep

Catalogue Note

Comparable contadors are to be found in the Museu Nacional De Arte Antiga, Lisbon, in particular inventory nos.66 and 979.