Metadata: Secretary cabinet
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Nicolas Jacques (*1713), attributed to
- Title:
- Secretary cabinet
- Date:
- around 1750 - 1799
- Inventory Number:
- 2018-231/001
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Mobiliary art
- Ébénisterie
- Furniture
- Wooden furniture
- Carpentry
- Designation:
- Secrétaire
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Flower
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 257 x 150.5 x 72 cm
- Description:
- Cabinet of Luxembourg origin from the second half of the 18th century, attributed to the cabinetmaking workshop of Jacques de Wiltz. The first part at the top consists of a body with two inlaid doors, which give access to an interior space with two shelves (one shelf was already missing). The doors are decorated in two sections with scalloped edges and diamond shapes inlaid in the center of the upper section. The second section is in the center of the cabinet and has a cylindrical opening, also inlaid. Inside the cylinder, the space contains seven drawers, three on each side, a drawer at the bottom center and an open space at the top center. The handles are round. A pull-out writing surface with two metal handles under the cylinder. The third part is at the bottom and is covered by two doors, also with scalloped edges and diamond shapes inlaid. Behind the two doors, there are six drawers with metal handles in the shape of flowers.
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of creation: Luxembourg | Wiltz
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 2018
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
