Flemish cabinet, 17th century

Flemish cabinet, 17th century.
Ebonized wood with tortoiseshell and gilded bronze.
Measurements: 64 x 87 x 32.5 cm.
Flemish cabinet with open sample and prismatic structure. The decoration is concentrated in the front, divided into three streets. The side ones house four identical drawers each, with the front decorated with rectangular tortoiseshell veneers, with molded rows between the shelves. Plant, floral elements and gilded bronze masks embellish the front in a symmetrical manner. This decoration of the panels affects the compartmentalization of the structure, seeking compositional clarity through the signaling of the different parts of the structure, an aspect that shows that we are facing an advanced bargueño bargueño, tending to the purification of the forms. , without excesses in ornamentation. The central street, for its part, has a large central chapel that continues the decoration of the rest of the front. Inside, this compartment has an empty compartment. The entire structure rises on mixtilinear legs also decorated with plant motifs in gilt bronze.