A very large and impressive Dutch rosewood veneer and carved oak 'rankenkast' ('tendril cabinet') or armoire, dating from the second half of the seventeenth century
In her 1958 biography of her father, G.D. Delprat, Paquita Mawson records his lengthy trip to England, Europe and America, from February to October 1907. She notes that he 'was always generous in his gifts to us and this time there was quite a lot of furniture, which we still..... More