Cabinet 1690-94
Ebony, satinwood, walnut, rosewood, gilt metal | 85.5 x 86.6 x 60.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 39212
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Rectangular ebony, rosewood and boulle marquetry cabinet with one long and nine short drawers, inlaid with pewter and brass. Top with strapwork around a central oval with concentric bands of ornament. Frieze drawer with roundel with MR/WR cypher. On four square-section tapering legs supported by strapwork stretchers.
Provenance
Gerrit Jensen (active 1680-d.1715) was of Dutch or Flemish origin. He was known to be working in London from premises in St. Martin's Lane by 1680 where he was known as a pre-eminent 'Cabbinet maker and Glasse seller'. He was the only cabinetmaker working in England during this period known to have used metal inlays and elaborate 'seaweed' or 'arabesque' marquetry. His furniture reflects the fashionable French court styles of Pierre Golle, André Charles Boulle and Daniel Marot.
Probably made for King William III and Queen Mary, by Jensen, who was appointed as cabinetmaker in 1689. Possibly first identified in Jensen's invoice for the period of Michaelmas 1694 to Lady-Day 1695, which he supplied for William III's service at Kensington Palace; 'a fine writeing desk table inlaid wth metall 70 pounds.' -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Ebony, satinwood, walnut, rosewood, gilt metal
Measurements
85.5 x 86.6 x 60.3 cm (whole object)
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Other number(s)
Laking FR : Laking, G.F., 1905. The Furniture of Windsor Castle, London – Laking FR p31,pl.11
