* A Dutch Marquetry Cabinet House,
18th century, with alteration,
the interior retrofitted with nine rooms including a painting studio, a courtyard and garden, a kitchen and larder, a dining salon, a collector's room, a central gallery, a lying-in room, a bedroom and a servant's quarters, raised on an associated Italian marquetry cassone fitted as the base.
Height 86 x width 75 x depth 25 inches.
Estimate $ 6,000-8,000
Property from the Collection of Cookie Ziemba, Lake Worth, Florida
Provenance:
Tout le Monde Antiques, Westport, CT (cabinet)
Agostino Antiques, New York, NY (restoration and room boxes)
Featured:
Miniature Collector Magazine, September 2012
Miniaturas, Construccion & Coleccionismo, July 2014
NOTE: The cabinet house is sold un-furnished. The furniture and accessories pictured inside it are included in various lots throughout the auction.
Good, sturdy condition. Both doors with small areas of discoloration or sun/water damage. A few marquetry and veneer repairs throughout. The interior with scattered tears/rippling to wallpaper, scuffs, small paint losses and residue/sticky tac. Faux brick trim in kitchen with a small loss. Note that the top and bottom of the cabinet are associated.