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5 3 9 6 • p e n s h u r s t c h i p p e n d a l e d i s p l a y c a b i n e t
w . 5 3 ½ d . 1 5 ¼ h . 9 5 ¾
A magnificent Chinese Chippendale display cabinet, the pagoda shaped pediment
with pierced fretwork and carved with acanthus leaves and scrolls; the two glazed
doors to the upper section with finely moulded astragals, enclosing adjustable shelves;
the frieze elaborately carved with chinoiserie mouldings and with blind fretwork;
the two panelled doors below carved with foliage and mouldings, on shaped bracket
feet finely carved in the Chinese taste. Included in The Dictionary of English
Furniture, Vol. I., Fig. 38, Macquoid and Edwards. English circa: 1760.
