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