Cabinet

Date

ca. 1645, with extensive later alterations

Medium

Oak and poplar wood veneered with ebony; ivory; stained ivory; bone, and various marquetry woods, including kingwood and amaranth; ebonized pearwood; gilt-bronze capitals and bases; plated-iron hardware

Dimensions

74 1/2 × 66 × 23 in. (189.2 × 167.6 × 58.4 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Culture

French, Paris

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

31.66a, b

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Harold Fowler, 1931