FDA-A.513-2017
Parts
FDA-A.513-2017
Identification
Neapolitan Table Cabinet
assigned by cataloguer
Decorative wood and bone marquetry cabinet, with metal corner plates and handles
'Known as a 'stipo' in Italian, [this cabinet] is Neapolitan in origin, dating to the early 17th century... The [engraved] scenes on this cabinet appear to be a combination of mythological and biblical subjects, with Athena on the central door, 'Abraham Sacrificing Isaac' on some of the drawers and 'Susannah and the Elders' on the inside of the fall-front.'
[Source: ''Through the looking glass': adventures of a furntiure cataloguer at Eton', 'Eton College Collections Journal', Summer 2021, p.12]
[Source: ''Through the looking glass': adventures of a furntiure cataloguer at Eton', 'Eton College Collections Journal', Summer 2021, p.12]
Description
height (actual size): 360mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 258mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 258mm
Green label within one of the drawers inscribed: 'Provost's Lodge'
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Production
early 17th century