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; ca. 1725; furniture storage cabinet; height 76 cm, width 85.5 cm, depth 41.5 cm, A decorative cabinet with open doors revealing a grid of drawers, all finished in black with gold-painted landscapes, birds, floral motifs, and ornamental borders; the left door shows a gold bird with long tail feathers descending over a dark brown textured area against black, while the right door displays a gold floral spray with small red and blue accents at its base; the central drawer panels feature gold scenes of birds, plants, rocks, and small decorative inlays in colors including blue, red, turquoise, and pale green, all set within gold-lined rectangular frames on a black background, and the cabinet edges have gold trim; the overall color palette includes black, gold, brown, red, blue, turquoise, and pale green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_471

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (3.7Mb) / 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 ca 1725 furniture storage cabinet height 76 cm width 85.5 cm depth 41.5 cm decorative cabinet open doors revealing grid drawers finished black gold-painted landscapes floral motifs ornamental borders left door gold bird long tail feathers descending dark brown textured area right door displays gold floral spray small red blue accents base central drawer panels feature gold scenes plants small decorative inlays colors blue red turquoise pale green set within gold-lined rectangular frames black background cabinet edges gold trim color palette includes brown pale green.