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Casket
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Casket
- Place of origin:
Paris, France (probably, made)
- Date:
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Veneered in tulipwood, purplewood, holly, sycamore, boxwood, ebony, <i>bois satiné</i>, whitebeam, barberry, on a ground of mahogany and yiew; with gilt-bronze mounts
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by John Jones
- Museum number:
1056:1 to 4-1882
- Gallery location:
In store
This casket is decorated with the refined marquetry that was the hallmark of Parisian cabinet-makers of the 1780s. The banded frames to the panels, which show the bandings 'knotted' at the corners, were particularly fashionable in the period. Although the central motif is of musical instruments, this casket is too small to have housed any instrument or even music. The fact that it is fitted with a secret drawer suggests that it may have been used in conjunction with a desk or writing table.
