Miniature collector's cabinet

Bernard Salomon

Maker

Bernard Salomon

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Dyed and gold-tooled leather on secondary woods pine, poplar, pear, yew; veneers of ivory, mother-of-pearl, pear, plum, ebony, rosewood, holly, ash, green stained poplar; gilt metal; painted glass

Dimensions

Overall (closed, confirmed): 6 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (15.6 × 18.7 × 14 cm); Overall (open, confirmed): 6 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 11 in. (15.6 × 18.7 × 27.9 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Culture

German, possibly Nuremberg

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

48.59.2

Credit line

Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1948