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Cabinet

Attributed to Robert Hume British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 516

The pietra dura plaques are earlier (ca. 1650–1700); the side plaques were made in the Florentine Grand Ducal workshops; and the center plaque is possibly from the Gobelins workshop in Paris. This is one of a pair of cabinets mounted with pietra dura plaques attributed to the London cabinetmaker Robert Hume that were made for George Watson Taylor, Erlestoke Mansion, Wiltshire. The piece was purchased in 1832 by the tenth Duke of Hamilton for Hamilton Palace, Scotland, where it remained until 1882.

Cabinet, Attributed to Robert Hume (British, active 1808, died 1840), Oak, ebony veneer, 'pietra dura' plaques, with lapis lazuli agate, Sicilian jasper, Siena marble columns, 'rosso antico' marble top, lacquered brass mounts, British

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Cabinet, Attributed to Robert Hume (British, active 1808, died 1840), Oak, ebony veneer, 'pietra dura' plaques, with lapis lazuli agate, Sicilian jasper, Siena marble columns, 'rosso antico' marble top, lacquered brass mounts, British
Cabinet, Attributed to Robert Hume (British, active 1808, died 1840), Oak, ebony veneer, 'pietra dura' plaques, with lapis lazuli agate, Sicilian jasper, Siena marble columns, 'rosso antico' marble top, lacquered brass mounts, British
Cabinet, Attributed to Robert Hume (British, active 1808, died 1840), Oak, ebony veneer, 'pietra dura' plaques, with lapis lazuli agate, Sicilian jasper, Siena marble columns, 'rosso antico' marble top, lacquered brass mounts, British
Cabinet, Attributed to Robert Hume (British, active 1808, died 1840), Oak, ebony veneer, 'pietra dura' plaques, with lapis lazuli agate, Sicilian jasper, Siena marble columns, 'rosso antico' marble top, lacquered brass mounts, British

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