Research:
Of satinwood, mixed woods, lacquer and gilt-bronze. Each of rectangular form with chamfered front corners. A pierced gallery above a frieze drawer with paired gilt bronze knobs, one cabinet frieze drawers with side panels of lacquer and central marquetry panel, the other with side panels of marquetry and central lacquer panel. Each cabinet with a single three-panel hinged door framed by gilt-brass beading and flowerheads; one door comprised of a central panel with lacquer motif and two side panels in marquetry, the other having a central panel with marquetry motif and side panels of lacquer. Each opening to reveal an interior fitted with three shelves. The whole raised on tapering square legs on a brass bun foot.
This exquisitely detailed pair of satinwood, lacquer and marquetry gilt-bronze mounted cabinets is a superb example of a specifically Dutch type of Neoclassical period furniture. This small group possibly originated in the workshop of Court Ebeniste Matthijs Horrix (1735–1809) in The Hague, with its very first examples having been supplied to his royal client, Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, Consort of Stadtholder Prince William V.
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