The Mannerist Cabinet

Prismatic cabinet with a large central drawer fitted with carnelians, one small drawer and eight smaller drawers on the sides. All drawers are of oak wood, bordered with flame black mouldings and decorated with relief carvings of mythical animals and stylized mermaids in light wood. The cabinet rests on a narrower base with caryatids emerging from a stepped base. The base has one larger drawer and one smaller one at the bottom, both decorated to match the drawers found in the cabinet. At the top, the cabinet is crowned by a tapering superstructure at the top of which is a small secret compartment. On the bottom of the drawers hand-painted wallpaper. Probably Cheb around 1600, dimensions 88 x 49 x 32 cm. Condition 2+

Prismatic cabinet fitted with a large central drawer fitted with carnelians, one small drawer and eight smaller drawers to the sides. All drawers are of oak wood, bordered with flame black mouldings and decorated with relief carvings of mythical animals and stylized mermaids in light wood. The cabinet rests on a narrower base with caryatids emerging from a stepped base. The base has one larger drawer and one smaller one at the bottom, both decorated to match the drawers found in the cabinet. At the top, the cabinet is crowned by a tapering superstructure at the top of which is a small secret compartment. On the bottom of the drawers hand-painted wallpaper. Probably Cheb around 1600, dimensions 88 x 49 x 32 cm. Condition 2+, Prismatic cabinet with a large central drawer set with carnelian, a small drawer and eight smaller drawers on the sides. All drawers are made of oak, edged with black flame mouldings and decorated with relief carvings of mythical creatures and stylised mermaids in light wood. The cabinet stands on a narrower base with caryatids protruding from a stepped pedestal. The base has a larger drawer and a smaller drawer in the lower part, both of which are decorated in the same way as those in the cabinet. The upper part of the cabinet is crowned by a tapered top, in the upper part of which there is a small secret compartment. The bottoms of the drawers are lined with hand-painted wallpaper. Probably Cheb, around 1600, dimensions 88 x 49 x 32 cm. Condition 2+.