A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and Alaska

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The provincial period oak carcass of desirable proportions and beautifully aged patination having an unorthodox arrangement of four short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers with turned knob handles and unusual moulded oak escutcheons

producing some of the finest papier mâché items of all time and many are now prized collector’s items or museum pieces today

A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and AlaskaOrigin: Italian or German Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 20 Height: 10. 25 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 2. 75 inches (all at maximum) The beautifully carved and polychrome painted soft wood wall mask formed as a cherub or young maiden having a pierced gilt painted scrolling top above a protruding female head bordered with gilt scrolls above further scrollwork surviving from early eighteenth century Europe. There is