A Flemish bone inlaid tortoiseshell, ebony, ebonised and parcel-gilt cabinet part 17th century

the moulded cornice above an arrangement of twelve drawers surrounding two doors with fielded panels and gilt with banded diaper spandrels, the doors inlaid with perspective arches enclosing a mirrored interior with a chequered floor and further perspective arches, on an English giltwood stand, the cavetto frieze incised with foliage above a shaped apron on incised cabriole legs



painting on cabinet refreshed; stand regilt

Probably acquired by Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Bt., for Shrubland Park, Suffolk around 1830-32
Thence by descent

Inventory, Shrubland Park, 1860, (Vol.1), Study, Ground Floor, p. 132, possibly referred to as `Black cabinet front panels with gold mouldings 4 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 4 inches by 1 foot 7 inches with eleven drawers and centre cupboard fitted with gilt columns shell and ivory doors and pavement on carved and gilt stand'.
Sotheby's Inventory, Shrubland Park, 1958, p. 14, The Drawing Room: 150.0.0.