Cabinet decorated with ruins from the end of the 1

Small cabinet inlaid with country wood, walnut, maple, fruit wood, the two doors open onto a layout of many drawers decorated with ruined cities overgrown with wild grass. The doors and sides are decorated with so-called ironwork motifs, in the center of each door a bird on a branch. The companions of the Augsburg region in Germany were specialized in the production of these small collectors' boxes intended to contain objects of curiosity, ancient coins, excavation pieces, precious or scientific objects, minerals and small fossils or more simply all pieces likely to constitute a collection. The decorations are built on the basis of themes reminiscent of the subject of vanities developed by philosophers and writers of the time. These. marquetry paintings present lost cities whose architectures invaded by wild grass, remind us by this fallen power, the fragility of the great achievements made by man. The small drawers present imaginary cities in which nature takes back its rights. In the center a small theater concealed by a gate, made it possible to stage small sculptures or more important collectibles. Country wood marquetry maple, walnut, cherry, service tree, pear tree on softwood frame. Period late sixteenth early seventeenth.

Cabinet decorated with ruins from the end of the 1

Ref : Cabrui14
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