Small Antwerp cabinet in ebony and tortoiseshell

Ebénisterie Mathieu Vath

Restoration of a cabinet opening with nine drawers arranged in five rows (six small drawers in the top row, one small central drawer, and two wide drawers in the lower section, each simulating two drawers) with turned ivory knobs. It is set into a base, itself opening with a wide drawer in the frieze, with four faceted legs connected by a flat, frame-like stretcher and ending in ball feet. This octagonal base allows us to date this cabinet to around 1660, at the very end of the Louis XIII period or the very beginning […]