Cabinet

late 17th Century

A rectangular Spanish Baroque cabinet inlaid on the sides and top with ivory geometric stringing and fitted on the front with twenty-three drawers of various sizes. Each drawer has a brass decorative plate enclosing a beveled glass panel. Two of the drawers are fitted with semiprecious stones and each drawer has a satyr's mask pull. In the center flanked by the columns is a mirrored alcove. Alcove floor is in black and white ebony and ivory diaper pattern.

Spanish

ebony, brass, glass, ivory, pietre dure

Overall: 26 1/2 x 15 x 44 in. (67.3 x 38.1 x 111.8 cm)

Purchased by Doris Duke at L.P. Bresset et Fils, Paris, France, December 1965

1999.946