Cabinet

Datec. 1620

Place Made/ManufacturedItaly

MediumPearwood, ebony, alabaster, pietre dure panels

ClassificationsFurniture

Dimensions24 x 41 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (60.96 x 105.41 x 34.93 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Trent McMath, Mrs. Allan Shelden, Mrs. William Clay Ford, Robert H. Tannahill, Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, John Lord Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb, K. T. Keller, Virginia Booth Vogel, and City of Detroit purchase, by exchange

Terms

Animals

Object number1994.77a-t

DescriptionWooden cabinet with pietre dure panels on drawer and compartment fronts. Panels depict animals, including monkeys, a fox, and an elephant

On View

On view

Locations

(not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation
(not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square)

ProvenanceFrescobaldi family, Florence, from the 17th century. Passed through marriage to the Roman branch of the Frescobaldi family, ca. 1920. Private Collection, Switzerland, by ca. 1950. Trinity Fine Arts, London.