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Cabinet, decorated with marquetry, consisting of a lower section with two large and two small drawers and an upper section with two doors
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Cabinet, decorated with marquetry, consisting of a lower section with two large and two small drawers and an upper section with two doors

anonymous · 1690 · marqueterie; boxwood; maple (wood); copper (metal); walnut (hardwood); pine (wood); olive (wood); rosewood (wood); kingwood (wood); rosewood (wood)

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

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Cabinet decorated with marquetry. The lower cabinet contains two large and two small drawers, surrounded by a border. The sides show molded fields with a rosette, surrounded by acanthus scrollwork. The drawers and the two doors and sides of the upper cabinet show fields with a shell-shaped motif in the center, surrounded by symmetrical acanthus vines. The molded and circular fields on the doors are connected by a border treated as a plaited band. Frieze with a drawer, decorated with three fields.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKast, versierd met marqueterie en bestaande uit een onderkast met twee grote en twee kleine laden en een bovenkast met twee deuren.. 1690. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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