TALL CABINET, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The wood is flame mahogany. The top has a low railing of openwork circles in gilt bronze; below this, a drawer with a band in openwork gilt bronze with alternating foliage and arched motifs; the band is beaded on all sides. Below, the body is in two sections; the smaller upper section is a cupboard with a double door split off-center with an elaborate keyhole in gilt bronze made of floral garlands; the lower larger section has a single door also with an elaborate keyhole sorrounded by cornucopias and an urn. All the panels are outlined with a very narrow band of small beading in gilt bronze. The channeled, rounded fore corners contain floral sprays in gilt bronze at top and bottom; the short, tapering legs have gilt bornze bands.
- Object name:
- TALL CABINET, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Mahogany -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1785 (with later additions)
- Size:
- 120.7 x 62.9 x 42.5 cm (47 1/2 x 24 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.5
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- MARK
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973