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Cabinet
German
around 1680-1700
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Wood; Oak, overlaid with light metal and inlaid with tortoise-shell and brass; two glazed doors
Dimensions
213.36 x 92.71 x 42.27 cm (84 x 36 1/2 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. F. Morton Smith
Accession Number56.668
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionRectangular and upright. Oak, overlaid with light metal and inlaid with tortoise-shell and brass in scroll and foliate panels with crowned cyphers of conjoined CE and ML over eagles in six top ones. Two glazed doors with scalloped cross pieces. Two shelves inside screwed through back. Base with wood painted black on five legs with flat stretchers and turned pad feet. Top overhang molding slightly with concave molding.
Marks
The number 10 is ingrained in the wood of the proper right door panel.
InscriptionsThe double cypher appears to be CE with ML.