ebony

Memento mori, Western Switzerland, 1520, ivory, ebony, 12,5 x 42 cm, Inv. B 160 © Rheinisches Bildarchiv

Hemmerle at Masterpiece London 2015 Hemmerle bangle, diamonds, ebony, silver, white gold. Image courtesy of Hemmerle. Hemmerle earrings, diamonds, blackened silver, white gold. Image courtesy of Hemmerle Hemmerle earrings, diamonds, septarian discs, silver, white gold. Image courtesy of Hemmerle. Hemmerle earrings, aquamarines, silver, white gold. Image courtesy of Hemmerle. Hemmerle, earrings, tourmalines, garnets, silver, white gold. Image courtesy of Hemmerle. Hemmerle - Stand Number B33. Masterpiece... [Lire la suite]

A tortoiseshell, ebony, ebonised and ivory cabinet applied with paintings on glass, Neapolitan or Spanish, mid 17th century. Photo Sotheby's of breakfront form, with a panelled frieze above a portico on Solomonic columns with Corinthian capitols enclosing a mirrored and painted interior with three short drawers, with a drawer below and another above set with panels arranged in a stylised fan design, with three drawers on either side and slightly projecting side panels, the side and base moulding veneered in... [Lire la suite]

Cabinet, Flemish, 17th century. Ebony, tortoiseshell, silver and silver gilt, 83.8 x 117.2 x 43.4 cm. RCIN 26305. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Bequeathed to Queen Victoria by Robert, 8th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, 1868 Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) This elaborate cabinet, veneered in red tortoiseshell with heart-shaped panels and silver and silver-gilt mounts (on a later stand), was thought in the nineteenth century to have belonged to Mary,... [Lire la suite]

An Italian pietre dure mounted ebony casket, Florentine, Grand Ducal Workshop, late 17th-early 18th century. Photo Sotheby's of rectangular form, with a raised top with concave sides opening to reveal a later velvetlined interior above panelled sides all mounted with pietre dure panels with various flowers, leaves and scrolled acanthus, including roses, tulips and cornflowers within giltmetal ripple-cut borders on later ebonised flattened bun feet with gilt-metal beaded collars; 21cm. high, 27cm. wide, 21cm. deep;... [Lire la suite]

A Flemish ebony veneered and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand, Antwerp, late 17th century, the stand 19th century. Photo Sotheby's the cabinet with panels with raised mouldings, the hinged pagoda top with two inset painted panel to the inside depicting landscape settings flanking a mirror, the pair of doors below enclosing a tortoiseshell lined interior of architectural forn with a pediment and column ornament, with a central cupboard beneath a drawer and nine further drawers painted with landscape scenes (... [Lire la suite]

A Flemish gilt-bronze and silvered metal-mounted ivory inlaid tortoiseshell ebony and ebonised cabinet, Antwerp , circa 1650. Photo Sotheby's the raised top above a pair of panelled doors opening to reveal a pair of doors with raised geometric and heart shaped motifs at each angle, the central doors surmounted by a broken pediment opening to reveal a mirrored interior with a geometrically inlaid floor with a drawer above and below, flanked by a bank of five drawers each with raised bosses the frieze with... [Lire la suite]

A pewter, brass, fruitwood and stained sycamore inlaid marquetry, ebony and ebonised cabinet on stand attributed to Pierre Gole (1620-1684), Louis XIV, circa 1680. Photo courtesy Sotheby's the upper section of breakfront form with three frieze drawers inlaid with lunettes and bellflowers above a cupboard door inlaid with a vase of flowers on a plinth opening to reveal a fitted interior with four drawers and a parquetry floor above a further drawer flanked by panels with a ribbon-tied floral bouquet above a... [Lire la suite]

A Flemish ebony veneered and tortoiseshell cabinet on stand, Antwerp, late 17th century, the stand 19th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's the cabinet with panels with raised mouldings, the hinged pagoda top with two inset painted panel to the inside depicting landscape settings flanking a mirror, the pair of doors below enclosing a tortoiseshell lined interior of architectural forn with a pediment and column ornament, with a central cupboard beneath a drawer and nine further drawers painted with landscape... [Lire la suite]

A Baroque iron mounted, engraved ivory inlaid ebony cabinet, Italy, 17th century. Photo Nagel Auktionen Add., minor damages. Later stand. 142x98x46 cm. Estimate 12 500 € Nagel Auktionen. Sale 696, June 6th. http://www.auction.de