A LARGE INLAID WOOD VARGUENO SPAIN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY With fall-front, three sides of the exterior decorated with a band of geometric inlay with stellar motifs in the corners, the face with two large stars at the centre, the three sides also with iron fittings, the top slightly protruding and with a band of similar stellar motifs alternated with rectangles of carved scalloped motifs, the back plain, the interior with a series of drawers decorated with similar but smaller inlaid stellar motifs, the top with a stylised calligraphic band with repetitions of the inscription, la ghalib ila allah, a horseshoe arch at the centre with carved arabesque spandrels and an architectural interior decorated with different geometric registers, two drawers of similar form below, on a separate, possibly associated, stand with an arcade of arches between the legs alternated with inlaid stellar motifs, the legs carved with shells and geometric motifs, areas of restoration 64 1/8in. (163cm.) high; 50 ¾in. (129.1cm.) wide; 17 ½in. (44.4cm.)
A LARGE INLAID WOOD VARGUENO SPAIN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY With fall-front, three sides of the exterior decorated with a band of geometric inlay with stellar motifs in the corners, the face with two large stars at the centre, the three sides also with iron fittings, the top slightly protruding and with a band of similar stellar motifs alternated with rectangles of carved scalloped motifs, the back plain, the interior with a series of drawers decorated with similar but smaller inlaid stellar motifs, the top with a stylised calligraphic band with repetitions of the inscription, la ghalib ila allah, a horseshoe arch at the centre with carved arabesque spandrels and an architectural interior decorated with different geometric registers, two drawers of similar form below, on a separate, possibly associated, stand with an arcade of arches between the legs alternated with inlaid stellar motifs, the legs carved with shells and geometric motifs, areas of restoration 64 1/8in. (163cm.) high; 50 ¾in. (129.1cm.) wide; 17 ½in. (44.4cm.)
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