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anonymous, anonymous, anoniem, anoniem, c. 1700 - c. 1705

A Dutch cabinetmaker made this fashionable piece of furniture by reusing lacquer from a Japanese chest that had fallen out of fashion. The incorporation of Japanese lacquerwork into Dutch pieces of furniture was a new phenomenon c. 1700, a practice that was subsequently adopted elsewhere in Europe.

  • Artwork typefurniture, case furniture, cabinet
  • Object numberBK-1979-21
  • Dimensionswidth 152 cm x depth 48 cm, height 202.5 cm x width 160 cm x depth 54 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoak, veneer of various kinds of wood, lacquer, shagreen