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In 18th Century inventories and advertisements of furniture lotteries, this type of cabinet is often referred to as a 'boog-kabinet'. The advertisements of such lotteries held in Amsterdam, which have been compiled by Reinier Baarsen, have proven to be an important source of information on cabinet-making in that city and, more specifically, on the stylistic developement of certain items of furniture.
Baarsen has, for instance, been able to establish that the boog-kabinet had already emerged by the 1730s and that the arched cresting, typical for cabinets in the Dutch version of the Louis XV style, was still employed as late as 1797, when Ahlert Gerhart Axsen executed a chamber organ with this kind of top. (R.J. Baarsen, De Amsterdamse meubelloterijen, Zwolle, 1992, p. 62)
Neoclassicism had however already made its appearance in Amsterdam in the early 1770s and cabinet-makers in that city were soon after referring to their furniture as 'antique'. The first indication that cabinet-makers included neoclassical furniture in their prizes dates from 1775. A lottery held on 12 August of that year mentions 'Extaordinary Mahogany-Cabinets, made in the Corinthian Order, decorated with Antique Brass and Carving'. These large cabinets presumably remained bombé for most of the century, with their ormolu mounts and ornamental carving as the most important expressions of the 'antique' manner. (Baarsen, ibid, p.59)
Baarsen has, for instance, been able to establish that the boog-kabinet had already emerged by the 1730s and that the arched cresting, typical for cabinets in the Dutch version of the Louis XV style, was still employed as late as 1797, when Ahlert Gerhart Axsen executed a chamber organ with this kind of top. (R.J. Baarsen, De Amsterdamse meubelloterijen, Zwolle, 1992, p. 62)
Neoclassicism had however already made its appearance in Amsterdam in the early 1770s and cabinet-makers in that city were soon after referring to their furniture as 'antique'. The first indication that cabinet-makers included neoclassical furniture in their prizes dates from 1775. A lottery held on 12 August of that year mentions 'Extaordinary Mahogany-Cabinets, made in the Corinthian Order, decorated with Antique Brass and Carving'. These large cabinets presumably remained bombé for most of the century, with their ormolu mounts and ornamental carving as the most important expressions of the 'antique' manner. (Baarsen, ibid, p.59)