Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1640 - 1670
Materials
Copper, Ebony, Oak, Pear?, Pine, Silvered glass
Measurements
49.5 cm (h)85 cm (w)26 cm (d)
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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1429964
Summary
An Italian veneered and ebonised cabinet with ten mirror-fronted drawers (eight long, two shorter) either side of a central perspective recess flanked by pilasters. The drawer fronts each with two rectangular mirrors either side of a round one, retained by pierced and repousse copper border probably once silvered, within wave moulded ebony. The central recess backed with mirrors and with a chequered 'floor'. The two plain sides with diamond format stringing. Shaped top.