Dutch Cabinet on Stand

Period

ca. 1700

Material

walnut veneered oak and solid walnut

Sizes

(height) 192cm. (width) 55cm. (Length) 133cm.

Description

A small cabinet on four torqued legs that end in oblate spheres. The cabinet has two paneled doors and a drawer with two handles. The decoration consists of carved festoons.
The interior has three shelves and a drawer.

Traditionally this type of cabinet was used for a baby’s layette. This is why the cabinet is decorated with pommygranates and grapes that symbolise fruitfulness and roses and sunflowers to represent love and unfaltering devotion.