Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, rosewood
Measurements
35 x 52 x 25 cm
Place of origin
Spain
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332927
Summary
A small ebony, tortoiseshell and ivory table cabinet, Spanish, circa 1700. Originally with doors, the central larger drawer with a stellar motif and flanked by two small drawers to each side (one replaced), with a long drawer above and below, each with three moulded panels, all the drawers with small ivory-framed tortoiseshell panels within an ebony surround and with ivory knobs, the top and sides of rosewood with geometric ivory inlay.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.