Chest-on-stand
Category
Furniture
Date
1700 - 1725
Materials
Japanned deal, gilt metal
Measurements
71 x 91 x 48 cm
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850080
Summary
A pair of black and parcel gilt japanned gilt metal mounted chests on stands, Japanese Export, early 18th century The chest with an arrangement of ten variously sized drawers decorated to the fronts with floral landscape scenes, with cast corner brackets and carrying handles to the sides. The low stand with a shaped apron and squat cabriole legs and pad feet with conforming decoration.
Full description
See Jörg, Christiaan and Impey, Oliver 'Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850' Amsterdam 2005 pg.299 for a similar pair of cabinets in the Wallace Collection (F18&19)
References
Jörg and Impey 2005: Christiaan Jörg and Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, Amsterdam, 2005, pg. 299