Writing cabinet

Furniture Collection

Accession Nr.: 19080
Date of production:
first half of the 18th century
Place of production: Venice (presumably)
Materials: brass; walnut root; walnut wood
Techniques: veneered
Dimensions:
height: 232 cm
width: 85 cm
depth: 25-53 cm
The wavy, curved chest of three drawers stands on four protruding legs. Its folding desktop hides a sliding panel with secret drawers behind. There are drawers, compartments and a little door behind the closed panel. The upper part has one door it divides into three at the top and ends in a joint, profiled, arched and broken ridge. The arched inlay of the door is covered by a cut mirror. The inside of the cabinet hides shelves and drawers of various sizes. There is also a version with two doors in the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts (Inv. No. 59.1832) as well as in the Fondazione Querini Stamolia collection in Venice.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Lovag Zsuzsa: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum. (kézirat). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994. - Nr. 40.
  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.7. (Vadászi Erzsébet)