Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Ivory inlaid ebony
Measurements
Cabinet: 355mm high, 540mm wide (excluding handles), 430mm deep
Place of origin
Goa
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453020.1
Summary
An ivory inlaid ebony cabinet, Indian, early 18th century Of rectangular form with a single cupboard door enclosing an arrangement of eight drawers and with carrying handles to the sides. The whole inlaid with vases of flowers, floral sprays and exotic birds.
Full description
The cabinet, richly inlaid with floral designs, is typical of those made in Goa in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Interestingly the decoration is inspired by Persian designs, which was characteristic of Goanese creations at this time. See: R.W. Symonds, "Furniture from the Indies III", The Connoisseur, August 1934, p. 117, and plates VIII and IX
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
References
Symonds R. W. "Furniture from the Indes III", The Connoisseur, August 1934, p. 117, and plates VIII and IX