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Description: | Medicine chest made of straw work marquetry on a wooden carcass. The lid is inlaid with a rural scene with people wearing 18th century costume, the sides are decorated with a formal pattern of interlacing foliage and C-scrolls. The bottom of the chest is bombe shaped. the chest contains four glass bottles but the large central compartment is empty.
Technique: marquetry
Material: straw
Material: wood
Material: glass
chest made in France, Europe, c.1750, (1922.1306). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20451 | Go to resource |
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