Cabinet

Various artists/makers

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 551

The sophisticated ripple moldings on the cabinet’s exterior playfully bring out the lustrous quality of the severe black ebony. Other tropical veneers as well as inlays of mother-of-pearl and green-stained horn enliven the cabinet’s interior which encloses multiple drawers as well as a compartment with a mirror-lined "stage" for the display of a treasured artwork. This cabinet is attributed to Herman Doomer, one of the few cabinetmakers working with ebony and mother-of-pearl in Amsterdam, the foremost European market for such exotic materials. Doomer gained fame through the portrait Rembrandt painted of him, also in the Museum's collection (see 29.100.1).

Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam

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Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cabinet, Attributed to Herman Doomer (Dutch, Anrath ca. 1595–1650 Amsterdam), Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Dutch, Amsterdam

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