This is a photograph of an ornate cabinet. The cabinet is crafted in a Rococo style, featuring gilded decorations and carvings around panelled surfaces adorned with lacquer work. The lacquered panels display scenes with Asian architectural elements such as pagodas and traditional Chinese-style landscapes. The cabinet's structure includes curvilinear shapes and scrolls, with gilded embellishments forming floral and vine motifs on the dark, polished wood surface. The piece stands on ornate curved legs.
Artwork Details
- Date
- probably 1745/1749
- Medium
- veneered on oak, stained black, with ebonized wood, sycamore and kingwood veneers; japanned on each door with _vernis Martin_; gilded bronze mounts; black and gold Portor marble top
- Dimensions
- 1070 × 1200 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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