Caption

Cabinet, Baroque period, 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 and fastened with headers. Inside, sixteen drawers arranged in five rows: two in the top row, four in each of the two middle rows, and three in the bottom row. Drawer faces 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 with exposed diagonal dovetail joints and nailed bottoms. Oval side handles and round drawer handles with rosette-shaped plates. Steel strap hinges 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., A wooden rectangular chest with a worn brown surface and visible wood grain sits on a neutral gray background; the chest has a few dark metal brackets and corner reinforcements, a pair of dark metal ring handles on one side, several vertical wood panels with some cracks and rough texture, and scuffed edges and spots that show lighter and darker brown variations.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_369

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Keywords

Cabinet Baroque period 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 row 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 top sides dowels Drawers exposed diagonal dovetail joints nailed bottoms Oval side handles round drawer handles rosette-shaped plates Steel strap hinges 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 wooden rectangular chest worn brown surface visible wood grain sits neutral gray background chest dark metal brackets corner reinforcements pair dark metal ring handles side several vertical wood panels cracks rough texture scuffed edges spots lighter darker brown variations.