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Cushion Cabinet
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Cushion Cabinet

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1670 · ebony (wood); wood (plant material); kingwood (wood); oak (wood)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Cabinet on ball feet, veneered with ebony on an oak core. The drawer, decorated with masks at the corners and center, creates a division. The lower cabinet has two drawers and two tall doors with cushions at the bottom, decorated with festoons; the cushions of the lower upper doors with cherub heads. On the corner stiles placed diagonally and the central stile, twisted columns, topped with Corinthian capitals and Ionian capitals below. Breaks at the columns. Double ogee frieze with cartouches. Robbel moldings.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKussenkast. c. 1650 - c. 1670. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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