FDA-A.513-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.513-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Neapolitan Table Cabinet
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Decorative wood and bone marquetry cabinet, with metal corner plates and handles
Comments
This cabinet can be seen in a photograph titled 'The Parlour ("Magne Parlura")', used as an illustration to 'Eton College' by Christopher Hussey, published by Country Life, London, 1926 (see p.103).
'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]
'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]
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 360mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 258mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 258mm
Inscription
Green label within one of the drawers inscribed: 'Provost's Lodge'
Material
ebony
ivory
ivory
Production
Date
early 17th century
