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Cabinet, pre-war, grotesques ornament, fantastic animals, Hermes mythology, male figures, wickerwork ornament, fantastic figures, plant tendril. Cuboid cabinet with a drawer at the top and double doors below, richly decorated with openwork engraved fittings with grotesque motifs. The door leaves are veneered on the inside with rosewood and ebony in geometric arrangements, divided by inlaid bone vein, with figures in engraved bone, signed—Hippocrates on the left, Hermes on the right. Behind the doors are twelve compartments. Steel plate fitted for drawer and door locks; the drawer lock blocks the left door leaf. Steel hinges. Late 17th century, Northern Germany, Poland . Piece of furniture, storage piece. Height 70.1 cm; width 89.2 cm; depth 55.9 cm., A wooden chest with a warm brown finish sits against a pale background, featuring dark metal decorative plates and hardware across its front, top, and sides; the metalwork has ornate, filigree-like patterns and scalloped edges, including a prominent decorative plate on the front upper panel and large corner and edge reinforcements. The chest shows a two-part front with a hinged upper lid and lower doors, and a heavy dark metal ring handle mounted on one side within an ornate metal escutcheon. The top surface has dark metal straps and plates forming a patterned covering, and the chest rests on small feet with visible metal fittings; overall the visible colors are brown wood tones, dark gray to black metal, and a light neutral background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_354

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103.0Mb (3.1Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cabinet pre-war grotesques ornament fantastic animals Hermes mythology male figures wickerwork ornament fantastic figures plant tendril Cuboid cabinet drawer top double doors richly decorated openwork engraved fittings grotesque motifs door leaves veneered inside rosewood ebony geometric arrangements divided inlaid bone vein figures engraved bone signed Hippocrates left Hermes right doors twelve compartments Steel plate fitted door locks drawer lock blocks door leaf Steel hinges Late 17th century Northern Germany Poland Piece furniture storage piece Height 70.1 cm width 89.2 cm depth 55.9 cm wooden chest warm brown finish sits pale background featuring dark metal decorative plates hardware across front sides metalwork ornate filigree- patterns scalloped edges prominent decorative plate front upper panel large corner edge reinforcements chest two-part front hinged upper lid lower doors heavy dark metal ring handle mounted side within ornate metal escutcheon top surface dark metal straps plates forming patterned covering chest rests small feet visible metal fittings visible colors brown wood tones dark gray black metal light neutral background.