Chest
Category
Furniture
Date
1680 - 1700
Materials
pietre dura, ebonised deal, ebony, gilt brass handles
Measurements
52.8 x 60.6 x 26.6 cm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1209777
Summary
An ebonised deal, ebony and Pietra Dura table chest of drawers, probably Italian, circa 1690 With an arrangement of five drawers with nine pietra dura panels, each depicting birds standing on branches with in molded edges and raised on later bracket feet. The drawers with gilt brass handles modeled as female masks
Provenance
Part of the Marshall Sisson bequest to the National Trust in 1978