1640~ / 1650~, Amsterdam
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1640~ / 1650~, Amsterdam
- Identifier
- 2011.181
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2011
- Collection
- Technique
- Damask 37%
- Velvet 44%
- Embroidery 58%
- Embroidery 73%
- Embroidery 71%
- Embroidery 64%
- Embroidery 84%
- Embroidery 77%
- Embroidery 57%
- Embroidery 78%
- Embroidery 86%
- Embroidery 89%
- Embroidery 99%
- Depiction
- Geometrical motif 48%
- Geometrical motif 87%
- Geometrical motif 80%
- Geometrical motif 84%
- Geometrical motif 58%
- Geometrical motif 48%
- Geometrical motif 69%
- Geometrical motif 83%
- Geometrical motif 88%
- Geometrical motif 81%
- Geometrical motif 49%
- Geometrical motif 48%
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
The sophisticated ripple moldings on the cabinet’s exterior playfully bring out the lustrous quality of the severe black ebony. Other tropical veneers as well as inlays of mother-of-pearl and green-stained horn enliven the cabinet’s interior which encloses multiple drawers as well as a compartment with a mirror-lined "stage" for the display of a treasured artwork. This cabinet is attributed to Herman Doomer, one of the few cabinetmakers working with ebony and mother-of-pearl in Amsterdam, the foremost European market for such exotic materials. Doomer gained fame through the portrait Rembrandt painted of him, also in the Museum's collection (see 29.100.1).
