Lot Essay
The tall cabinet with two doors on an open stand is one of the most characteristic items of Dutch veneered furniture of the William and Mary period. Its decoration varies from intricate marquetry to plain veneers. The distinctive contrasting star-motifs which embellish this piece also appear on a very similar cabinet in the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague Munuicipal Museum) which is illustated in P.C. Ritsema van Eck, Meubelen 1600-1800, The Hague, 1975, no. 11.
A further, virtually identical cabinet in the Rijksmuseum, also on short legs, is illustrated in C.H. de Jonge, Holländische Möbel und Raumkunst, The Hague, 1922, p. 102.
A further, virtually identical cabinet in the Rijksmuseum, also on short legs, is illustrated in C.H. de Jonge, Holländische Möbel und Raumkunst, The Hague, 1922, p. 102.