UNKNOWN CABINETMAKER, Dutch
(active 1690-1710)

Cabinet

c. 1700
Oak lacquer in black and gold, embroidery in coloured wool, 147 x 117 x 47 cm
Historisch Museum, Amsterdam

This interesting cabinet is not decorated with marquetry, its two small doors are covers with embroidery in coloured wool and its sides are similarly decorated. The pattern is of colourful, curling vines in a vase. Around 1700, fire screens, table tops and seats of various kinds were often covered with embroidery, but it is extremely unusual to find it on a cabinet.




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