Lot 173
A post-Nasrid bone-inlaid taracea cabinet Spain, 16th/ 17th Century
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A post-Nasrid bone-inlaid taracea cabinet
Spain, 16th/ 17th Century
Spain, 16th/ 17th Century
of rectangular form on four round bronze feet, the hinged front opening to reveal five drawers and two hinged doors, the drawers with iron hinged handles, inlaid in the intarsia technique with bone, stained bone and silver to the sides, fronts of drawers and inner and outer side of the front with repeat designs of eight-pointed stars
43 x 33 x 25 cm.
43 x 33 x 25 cm.
Footnotes
The Nasrids developed a distinct aesthetic defined by elaborate geometric motifs which evolved from North African and Iberian sources. The micromosaic inlaid decoration on this cabinet is executed in a technique known in Spanish as taracea from the Arabic word tarsi or 'incrustation'. It was used in decoration throughout Spain and North Africa and was present in court commissions under the Almoravids and the Almohads, as well as the Nasrids.