A FLEMISH IVORY INLAID TABLE CABINET . Probably Antwerp, Flanders, circa 1650. Unmarked. 15-1/8 x 17-1/2 x 9 inches (38.4 x ...

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A FLEMISH IVORY INLAID TABLE CABINET
Probably Antwerp, Flanders, circa 1650
Unmarked
15-1/8 x 17-1/2 x 9 inches (38.4 x 44.5 x 22.9 cm)

The amboyna cabinet on four turned feet, two doors with central ivory panel inlaid with foliate scrolls framed with ivory stringing and panels embellished with pen work, stringing to cabinet sides mirroring design of front, ebonized molding at top and bottom, key unlocks doors which open to reveal series of eight drawers each with an ivory knob and inlaid ivory panel embellished with a scene of cherubs at play, a single lower drawer of three panels, drawers surround central door inlaid with columned architectural surround centering arched ivory panel of classically dressed female, door opens to open compartment with two drawers at top with ivory stringing.

This cabinet is one of a group of similar pieces, including an example in the collection of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, which can be identified as having been produced in Antwerp during the first half of the seventeenth century.

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