This marquetry chest of drawers bears a rich and intrinsic decoration on the facades of the drawers and the sides of the piece of furniture. For this the representation of pressed floral designs populated with birds, strips, vases with masks and anthropomorphic figures were used. In this case, stale green crosscut woods were used which contrasted the light woods, all arranged on a darker wooden granadillo or rosewood bottom. These types of designs with flowers, figures and birds (several tulips are recognized in flower designs) had uncommon success in the Dutch furniture of the 19th century. Even previous furniture was redecorated with these floral designs. All indications show that Dutch solutions were copied by a cabinetmaker who was foreign to the art of the Netherlands.
The chest of drawers includes four drawers. The upper one is the largest and there are three smaller ones. The front ridges of the corners of the piece of furniture were cut in an offsetting manner. With respect to the handles, one might think that they are not the original ones, and those shown are replacements. The internal ones made of pine wood show a layer of inking.
This marquetry chest of drawers bears a rich and intrinsic decoration on the facades of the drawers and the sides of the piece of furniture. For this the representation of pressed floral designs populated with birds, strips, vases with masks and anthropomorphic figures were used. In this case, stale green crosscut woods were used which contrasted the light woods, all arranged on a darker wooden granadillo or rosewood bottom. These types of designs with flowers, figures and birds (several tulips are recognized in flower designs) had uncommon success in the Dutch furniture of the 19th century. Even previous furniture was redecorated with these floral designs. All indications show that Dutch solutions were copied by a cabinetmaker who was foreign to the art of the Netherlands.
