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 tall rectangular panel with a black background framed by a narrow golden border, decorated with a vertical arrangement of ornate floral motifs painted in gold with touches of red, green, and blue on some round buds, a few delicate leaves, and several stylized blossoms clustered along sinuous stems; a few small flying birds are depicted near the top, and there are two ornate metal hinges with embossed decoration along the right edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_473

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Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (4.8Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (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 tall rectangular panel black background framed narrow golden border decorated vertical arrangement ornate floral motifs painted gold touches red green blue round buds delicate leaves several stylized blossoms clustered sinuous stems small flying depicted near top two ornate metal hinges embossed decoration right edge.