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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 door are twelve compartments. Drawer and door locks fitted with an engraved steel plate; 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 and visible wood grain sits against a pale gray background; the chest has several dark metal straps and corner brackets with a slightly aged, dark gray to black patina, and there are decorative scalloped metal edges and ornamental metalwork at the lower corners; the top surface appears darker with worn areas and a few lighter scuffs, and the wood panels show a long horizontal seam and some cracks and scratches.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_357

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103.0Mb (2.9Mb) / 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 door twelve compartments Drawer door locks fitted engraved steel plate drawer lock blocks 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 visible wood grain sits pale gray background chest several dark metal straps corner brackets slightly aged dark gray black patina decorative scalloped metal edges ornamental metalwork lower corners top surface darker worn areas lighter scuffs wood panels long horizontal seam cracks scratches.