CABINET

CABINET

Venice, Renaissance, 16th/17th century.

Ebony, walnut and softwood, carved with caryatids, pilasters and meander band, and lacquered black. Opulently painted with tendrils and scrolls in gold. With applied mother-of-pearl, agate, amber, lapis-lazuli and other semi-precious stones. Rectangular body with slightly protruding, hinged top, the inside applied with a mirror, opening up into a compartment. Architectural front with thirteen drawers and a central door.

63.5 × 39 × 57 cm.

Various losses on the sides and the top. The lower left front corner, slightly damaged. Restorations. Profiled strip at the bottom, missing.