Caption

Cabinet, Baroque, 2nd quarter of the 17th century, Gdansk. A cuboid cabinet with a boarded body, fitted with steel decorative strips, closed with double doors. Framed doors with single panels in the form of convex coffers glued at the mitre from richly profiled strips. Steel closing strip with a wavy outline; rectangular and trefoil-shaped angular fittings on the edges of the body, punched, fastened with headers. Inside, sixteen drawers arranged in five rows: two in the top, four in each of the two middle rows, three in the bottom row. Drawer faces are framed with profiled strips; the three drawers in the middle row feature numerous internal divisions. Walls connected with exposed diagonal dovetails; back joined to top and sides with dowels. Drawers have exposed diagonal dovetail joints; bottoms are nailed. Side handles are oval; drawer handles are round with rosette-shaped plates. Hinges are steel, strap-type, with a wavy outline. Both door leaves have steel mortise-and-apply locks with an additional hasp and covered keys; the left door has self-locking latches. Furniture storage, height 45 cm, width 75 cm, depth 43.5 cm., An open wooden cabinet with a group of small rectangular drawers arranged inside, some drawers partially open, each drawer front featuring metal ring pulls and decorative metal plates; the cabinet has two outward-swinging doors with visible iron strap hinges and metal hardware, the wood showing a worn, varnished surface with grain and darker spots; the top surface is flat with metal corner brackets and visible wood texture; the scene rests on a neutral flat surface and backdrop. The visible colors include brown, dark brown, black, gray, and beige.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_368

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Keywords

Cabinet Baroque 2nd quarter 17th century Gdansk cuboid cabinet boarded body fitted steel decorative strips closed double doors Framed doors single panels form convex coffers glued mitre richly profiled strips Steel closing strip wavy outline rectangular trefoil-shaped angular fittings edges body punched fastened headers Inside sixteen drawers arranged five rows two top four two middle rows three bottom row Drawer faces framed profiled strips three drawers middle row feature numerous internal divisions Walls connected exposed diagonal dovetails back joined sides dowels Drawers exposed diagonal dovetail joints bottoms nailed Side handles oval drawer handles round rosette-shaped plates Hinges steel strap-type door leaves steel mortise- -apply locks additional hasp covered keys left door self-locking latches Furniture storage height 45 cm width 75 cm depth 43.5 cm open wooden cabinet group small rectangular drawers arranged inside drawers partially open drawer front featuring metal ring pulls decorative metal plates cabinet two outward-swinging doors visible iron strap hinges metal hardware wood showing worn varnished surface grain darker spots top surface flat metal corner brackets visible wood texture scene rests neutral flat surface backdrop visible colors include brown dark brown black gray beige.