Cabinet on stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1640 - 1690
Materials
Lacquer, giltwood and brass hinges
Measurements
154 x 98 x 56 cm
Place of origin
Japan
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446429
Caption
The Bearsteds were passionate about collecting Japenese furtinture, prints and other artifacts. The cabinet reflects this element to their collecting, of which more was donated to the Maidstone Museum in Kent. The cabinet decorated in relief with deer in a rocky wooded landscape; the interior has numerous small drawers decorated with birds, foliage and landscapes.
Summary
A black lacquer and gilt-heightened cabinet, Japanese, second half 17th century, on a giltwood stand, English, circa 1730, the cabinet with engraved gilt-metal strapwork hinges and pierced twin escutcheons, the exterior of the doors decorated in relief with deer in a rocky wooded landscape (on the left) and peonies growing next to a fence (on the right), the interior with numerous small drawers with bird, foliate and landscape decoration, the stand with strap-work lip and leaf-carved frieze centred with a shell, on cabriole legs with human masks and scrolling foliage to the knees, on foliate-carved scroll feet.
Full description
The decoration on the exterior of the doors is reminiscent of that on cabinet NT 771821 at Osterley Park.