Cabinet Italy ebony XVII th century

Rare 17th century Italian cabinet with ebony marquetry, naturalistic decor, exotic birds, minerals, ancient coins, scientific and optical instruments, and more generally anything related to knowledge, a kind of Google of the era.olatiles from mythology and grotesques run through the drawers of this collector's piece of furniture. The fashion for cabinets of curiosities developed from the 16th century. Precious container of protected knowledge, they were used to store collections of excavated objects, minerals, ancient coins, scientific and optical instruments, and more generally everything related to knowledge, a kind of Google of the time.