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A CHINESE EXPORT PARCEL-GILT, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND EBONIZED MAHOGANY CABINET-ON-STAND

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A CHINESE EXPORT PARCEL-GILT, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND EBONIZED MAHOGANY CABINET-ON-STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved throughout with dragons accented with wire whiskers, the cabinet with two panelled doors above a pierced frieze, on a carved stand with cabriole legs mounted with gilt dragons and supported on hoof feet
68 ¼ in. (173.5 cm.) high, 70 in. (178 cm.) wide, 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), for Broome Park, Kent, from the Antique and Works of Art dealer, David L. Isaacs, on 2 July 1914.

Literature

Mrs. Stuart Menzies, Memories discreet and indiscreet, New York, 1917, p. 209; n.d., TNA 30/57/100.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

This exotic Chinese export cabinet was in the collection of the renowned British Army officer and colonial administrator, Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) at his mansion Broome Park, Kent, which he purchased in 1911 and spent five years renovating (‘Accounts and correspondence mainly concerning purchase and furnishing of Broome Park’, TNA, Kew, 30/57/100). ‘Lord Kitchener of Khartoum’ was a symbol of World War One, immortalised on the famous poster calling for volunteers, and an avid collector of works of art, in particular Chinese wares. By tradition, this cabinet was placed in a Chinese room at Broome Park, and almost certainly surrounded by oriental porcelain.

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