Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Lacquered wood, gold, gilt copper and paint.
Measurements
1654 x 1050 x 547 mm
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1420084
Summary
Cabinet. Large late 17th century black Japanese lacquer cabinet with two doors, with six gilt-copper clasp hinges on each, decorated with a landscape with a low horizon, continuous across the doors. Ten drawers inside. Cabinet rests on black painted William Kent-style stand, c.1735, of carved pine with scrolled legs and stretchers with mask to frieze. Later mouldings to fit cabinet, scale and guilloche carved legs and stretcher.