Cabinet on Base
1550-1560 (made)
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Cabinet with fall front and drawers. Carved in low relief, with arabesque ornament.
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Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Carved walnut |
Physical description | Cabinet with fall front and drawers. Carved in low relief, with arabesque ornament. |
Dimensions | H: 5' 6" W: 3' 9" D: 1' 3" |
Object history | Bought for £200 from Mr Attenborough RF 26653/67 Transcription of J. C. Robinson’s Art Referee Reports, (MA/3/25) Description of the Auldjo Cabinet Cabinet with falling front and drawers inside, in walnut wood, elaborately carved with foliate arabesque ornament – repairs on one of the panels in the interior, in a shield of arms, while that of some member of the celebrated family Orsini of Rome – Italian work, circa 1520-50. This cabinet was acquired in Naples by Auldjo Esq [or Sig](?) and was contributed to the exhibition of Decorative Furniture formed by the Science and Art Department in Gore House in 1853 (in catalogue of this collection). It is traditionally said to be the work of one Jacopo da (?) Canova. Height… Width… Depth… Purchased of Mr Attenborough price £200. JC Robinson Minute from JC Robinson to Mr Macleod, 7/11/1867 notes that he has purchased the Auldjo cabinet for £200 from a coaltion of dealers who had bought it for not much under £300 'seven or eight' years ago at Christie and Mansons, at which time he had been the under bidder on behalf of the museum. The cabinet is listed in Catalogue of a Collection of Works of Decorative Art; being a selection from the Museum at Marlborough House...by J.C.Robinson November 1956 (London, 1856), as: No. 316 CARVED OAK CABINET - Italian, Date 1520 to 1530 Contributed by John Auldjo, Esq. It is impossible to estimate too highly the beautfiul arabesques of the finest cinque-cento period, with which this piece is so profusely adorned. There is however unfortunately, a want of repose in the work as a whole; the ornament is too crowded and uniformly distributed, which detracts from the general effect, so that although admirable in detail, the ensemble is a failure. The escutcheon of arms, on the inner panels of the doors, denote it to have been executed for some one of the once powerful Roman family of the Orsini. Purchased in Naples, and traditionally reputed to be the work of one Jacopo da Canova. |
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Accession number | 308:3-1867 |
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Record created | February 12, 2008 |
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