Cabinetwork
4 objects
Veneered case furniture, most of it built around something that moves: a sliding top, a rising stand, a drawer released by a catch. The marquetry is the part that survives photography; the mechanism is the reason the piece exists.
Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, seventeen porcelain plaques · ca. 1768 · 04-01
Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, thirteen porcelain plaques · ca. 1770 · 04-02
Oak veneered with marquetry, gilt-bronze mounts · 1778 · 04-03
Oak veneered with mahogany and marquetry, gilt-bronze mounts · 1781 · 49.7.117