Sheraton Side Table
Sheraton Side Table
3rd Quarter of the 19th Century
Narra, Carabao Bone, Kamagong,Lanite & Silver
H:35” x L:50” x W:27” (89 cm x 127 cm x 69 cm)
Starting bid: P 300,000
Provenance: Baliuag, Bulacan
Lot 117 of the Leon Gallery Auction on 13 June 2015. See www.leon-gallery.com/v2/gallery/AuctionData-19-Spectacula... for details.
Baliuag, a town founded in 1840, was one of the major sugar-producing towns of Bulacan in the mid-19th century. Aside from sugar, it also produced handwoven silk fabrics, known as ‘habing Baliuag’ and was famous for its finely-woven Panama hats woven from buntal, the unopened leaves of the talipot palm.
Another major industry in Baliuag was making furniture inlaid with bone. Its proximity to the vast 68,000-hectare Hacienda Buenavista, the largest estate in the islands that belonged to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Intramuros, assured its craftsmen of an ample supply of the dried ribs and pelvises from carabaos that were needed for making the tiny geometric pieces of inlay. Baliuag furniture was greatly influenced by the Sheraton Style. The side table above has turned, tapering legs and a bone-inlaid carcass frame. The drawer support is inlaid with a row of diamond-shaped lozenges separated by small discs with blackened centers called matangpusa, cat’s eye. The upper frame is decorated with inlaid squares of bone that resemble dentils, thereby giving the piece a classical look. It has a large central drawer flanked by a small concave-faced drawer on either side. The plain arched aprons join the square upper part of the legs that are inlaid with long, thin triangular pieces of bone radiating from a small disk to form a flower with elongated petals.
The drawers all have turned drawer pulls and silver keyhole shields. Their faces are inlaid with a quadrant cornered oblong reserve in kamagong and lanite. A swag of diamond lozenges alternating with discs is draped beneath the keyhole shield.
Sheraton Side Table
Sheraton Side Table
3rd Quarter of the 19th Century
Narra, Carabao Bone, Kamagong,Lanite & Silver
H:35” x L:50” x W:27” (89 cm x 127 cm x 69 cm)
Starting bid: P 300,000
Provenance: Baliuag, Bulacan
Lot 117 of the Leon Gallery Auction on 13 June 2015. See www.leon-gallery.com/v2/gallery/AuctionData-19-Spectacula... for details.
Baliuag, a town founded in 1840, was one of the major sugar-producing towns of Bulacan in the mid-19th century. Aside from sugar, it also produced handwoven silk fabrics, known as ‘habing Baliuag’ and was famous for its finely-woven Panama hats woven from buntal, the unopened leaves of the talipot palm.
Another major industry in Baliuag was making furniture inlaid with bone. Its proximity to the vast 68,000-hectare Hacienda Buenavista, the largest estate in the islands that belonged to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Intramuros, assured its craftsmen of an ample supply of the dried ribs and pelvises from carabaos that were needed for making the tiny geometric pieces of inlay. Baliuag furniture was greatly influenced by the Sheraton Style. The side table above has turned, tapering legs and a bone-inlaid carcass frame. The drawer support is inlaid with a row of diamond-shaped lozenges separated by small discs with blackened centers called matangpusa, cat’s eye. The upper frame is decorated with inlaid squares of bone that resemble dentils, thereby giving the piece a classical look. It has a large central drawer flanked by a small concave-faced drawer on either side. The plain arched aprons join the square upper part of the legs that are inlaid with long, thin triangular pieces of bone radiating from a small disk to form a flower with elongated petals.
The drawers all have turned drawer pulls and silver keyhole shields. Their faces are inlaid with a quadrant cornered oblong reserve in kamagong and lanite. A swag of diamond lozenges alternating with discs is draped beneath the keyhole shield.