Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ebony, ebonised fruitwood, silver, giltmetal, lapis lazuli and rock crystal
Measurements
485 x 765 x 305 mm
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529657.1
Summary
An ebonised table-cabinet of architectural inverted break-front form, the drawers inset with silver plaques repousse with reclining figures in the manner of the School of Fontainebleau, bordered in giltmetal with lapis lazuli insects and rock crystal spiral pilasters - the plaques probably Augsburg, circa 1580, on a French 19th century stand of Louis XVI design, veneered with blue tortoise-shell and mounted in typically cast and chased ormolu.