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Cabinet on stand
French (Paris)
about 1660
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Ebony veneer on pine; cherry, ivory
Dimensions
189.23 x 161.29 x 53.97 cm (74 1/2 x 63 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number1981.656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionCabinet on stand. Ebony: drawer fronts veneered on cherry. Cabinet interior inlaid with ivory. Fourteen drawers and a compartment inlaid with ivory, cherry and ebony.
ProvenanceBy 1681, Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, Scotland [see note 1]; 1882, sold at Hamilton Palace Collection sale (1882), Christie Manson Woods, lot 1284 and bought by T. Laurie and Son. Private collection. Private collection [see note 2]. May 2, 1937, sold at Christie Manson Woods, London, lot 151, and bought by Lady Flavia Anderson, Edinburgh; 1977, sold by Lady Anderson to Alexander and Berendt, Ltd., London; 1981, sold by Alexander and Berendt to the MFA. (Accession date: December 1, 1981)
NOTES:
[1] Recorded in the Hamilton Palace inventory of 1681. [2] See MFA curatorial recommendation, which states that the cabinet passed through two private collections before it was sold at Christie Manson Woods in 1937.
NOTES:
[1] Recorded in the Hamilton Palace inventory of 1681. [2] See MFA curatorial recommendation, which states that the cabinet passed through two private collections before it was sold at Christie Manson Woods in 1937.