Writing cabinets symbolized the prestige & education of their owners and frequently appeared in formal portraits as indicators of their status. This ornate cabinet features diverse choices of marquetry throughout its complex design ( @V_and_A). 1/

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Writing cabinets symbolized the prestige & education of their owners and frequently appeared in formal portraits as indicators of their status. This ornate cabinet features diverse choices of marquetry throughout its complex design ( @V_and_A). 1/ #HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury
Writing cabinets symbolized the prestige & education of their owners and frequently appeared in formal portraits as indicators of their status. This ornate cabinet features diverse choices of marquetry throughout its complex design ( @V_and_A). 1/ #HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury
Writing cabinets symbolized the prestige & education of their owners and frequently appeared in formal portraits as indicators of their status. This ornate cabinet features diverse choices of marquetry throughout its complex design ( @V_and_A). 1/ #HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury
Writing cabinets symbolized the prestige & education of their owners and frequently appeared in formal portraits as indicators of their status. This ornate cabinet features diverse choices of marquetry throughout its complex design ( @V_and_A). 1/ #HECAA #arthistory #18thcentury
Pewter inlay is also incorporated with the owner’s arms and a date of 1716. Johannes Gallus Jacob commissioned the workshop of Servatius Arend, court cabinet-maker at Würzburg, although his younger brother, journeyman Jacob Arend, and Johannes Wittalm produced it. 2/
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Pewter inlay is also incorporated with the owner’s arms and a date of 1716. Johannes Gallus Jacob commissioned the workshop of Servatius Arend, court cabinet-maker at Würzburg, although his younger brother, journeyman Jacob Arend, and Johannes Wittalm produced it. 2/ #furniture
Pewter inlay is also incorporated with the owner’s arms and a date of 1716. Johannes Gallus Jacob commissioned the workshop of Servatius Arend, court cabinet-maker at Würzburg, although his younger brother, journeyman Jacob Arend, and Johannes Wittalm produced it. 2/ #furniture
Pewter inlay is also incorporated with the owner’s arms and a date of 1716. Johannes Gallus Jacob commissioned the workshop of Servatius Arend, court cabinet-maker at Würzburg, although his younger brother, journeyman Jacob Arend, and Johannes Wittalm produced it. 2/ #furniture
Pewter inlay is also incorporated with the owner’s arms and a date of 1716. Johannes Gallus Jacob commissioned the workshop of Servatius Arend, court cabinet-maker at Würzburg, although his younger brother, journeyman Jacob Arend, and Johannes Wittalm produced it. 2/ #furniture
What makes this cabinet even more fascinating is that the journeyman hid a letter inside of it! It provides vital information about the life and work of early modern craftsmen. Read an analysis of it here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/research-journal/issue-no.-6-summer-2014/the-letter-in-the-writing-cabinet-the-emotional-life-of-an-18th-century-journeyman/
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