Wall cabinet

Franz Xaver Fortner, 1844

Various stylistic periods are here combined in a single piece of furniture. The inlay technique combining wood with metal revives the technique known as boullework, named after the renowned 17th-century French cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle, while the motifs – cuirasses, lances and banners – reflect the 19th-century’s enthusiasm for the Middle Ages.

  • Artwork typefurniture, case furniture, cupboard, pijpenkabinet
  • Object numberBK-1996-15
  • Dimensionsheight 72.5 cm x width 46.5 cm x width 93 cm x depth 12.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicseiken-, palissander- en ebbenhout, koper, tin, schildpad, hoorn, ivoor, parelmoer