Caption

Cabinet, origin unknown, chinoiserie decoration with flowers, birds, trees, rocks, genre scenes against a landscape background, buildings, Chinese figures, bridges, geometric ornament, plant decoration; circa 1725, possibly Dresden; furniture storage cabinet; height 76 cm, width 85.5 cm, depth 41.5 cm., A rectangular wooden cabinet with a black lacquered surface decorated with gold-painted landscape scenes and floral motifs, featuring a central pair of doors with ornate gold metal hinges and an elaborate gold metal escutcheon; the doors and outer edges are framed with a decorative red border highlighted with gold patterns; the front shows stylized trees, rocks, birds, and architectural elements rendered in gold with touches of red and brown, while the side panel displays a vertical arrangement of flowers and foliage in gold with red accents; the top is plain black and the piece rests on a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_470

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (3.6Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cabinet origin unknown chinoiserie decoration flowers birds trees rocks genre scenes landscape background buildings Chinese figures bridges geometric ornament plant decoration circa 1725 Dresden furniture storage cabinet height 76 cm width 85.5 cm depth 41.5 cm rectangular wooden cabinet black lacquered surface decorated gold-painted landscape scenes floral motifs featuring central pair doors ornate gold metal hinges elaborate gold metal escutcheon outer edges framed decorative red border highlighted gold patterns front stylized trees architectural elements rendered gold touches red brown side panel displays vertical arrangement foliage red accents top plain black piece rests neutral gray background.