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Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure), Johann Daniel Sommer II, ca. 1685, Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and…
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Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure)

Johann Daniel Sommer II · ca. 1685

Medium
Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and marquetry of pewter and mother-of-pearl on horn over paint, simulating tortoiseshell; silver; brocaded damask (not original)
Dimensions
16 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (40.6 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)
Accession
2004.417
Credit line
Purchase, Rogers Fund and Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2004
Culture
German, Künzelzau
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