Royal Jewel Cabinet with Sèvres Plaques
Classification
furniture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell
Accession Number
1991-31-2
About this artwork
Upright cabinet made of porcelain plaques in a gilt-bronze armature, of two sections; the upper section with two large doors and a peacock crest, the lower section projecting forward with a glass top, supported on two ceramic columns, and containing two drawers. The porcelain plaques painted with allegorical and naturalistic ornament, featuring two large roundels on the doors with cameo-like images of Psyche (left) and Venus (right). Bronzework and porcelain ornamented throughout with neoclassic...