UNKNOWN CABINETMAKER, Flemish
(active 1650s in Antwerp)

Cabinet

1650s
Wood, tortoise shell, gilded bronze, enamel, mirror-glass, 178 x 153 x 56 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

The cabinet, made in Antwerp shortly after 1650, consists of two parts: the actual cabinet and the table with Tuscan columns supporting it. The central part of the cabinet itself takes the form of a cupboard. The outside of the cabinet is almost completely covered with tortoiseshell and ornamented in gilded bronze.




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