Wardrobe (Kast) (c. 1625–50): Art, History and Details

Wardrobe (Kast) (c. 1625–50) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

After the founding of the Dutch East India Company in 1602, the use of exotic, imported wood veneers in furniture became more prevalent. So too did the use of perspective and mathematical systems in laying out the veneers. The combination produced a style of decoration that spread across Europe and even to the young colonies in America.

Object facts

• Title: Wardrobe (Kast)
• Date: c. 1625–50
• Culture: Netherlands, Holland
• Type: Furniture and woodwork
• Technique: oak with ebony and rosewood veneers
• Dimensions: Overall: 244.5 x 224.3 x 85.2 cm (96 1/4 x 88 5/16 x 33 9/16 in.)
• Collection: Furniture
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1982.57

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.
• "1993 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.

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