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From about 1500 to 1630 cabinetmakers in this region usually decorated fall-front cabinets and boxes with inlay. This inlay ranged from <i>sadeli</i> (micro-mosaic work in wood and metal) to geometric, floral and figurative marquetry in wood and ivory. This cabinet is from a group with inlay of ivory (either white or stained green), a variety of woods, and brass or copper.  The cabinetmaker has used a range of subjects. They include animals positioned symmetrically or chasing one another, courtiers, and armed Indian and Portuguese hunters on foot, or horse, or elephant. \r\nMughal design is full of hunting themes. They appear in miniature painting, carpets, clothing and metalwork.  The hunting scenes on this and many related cabinets are usually thought to have been influenced by Mughal design. However, hunting themes were equally fashionable on high-quality European cabinets of the period. European cabinetmakers created hunting scenes using a variety of techniques, from inlaying materials into wood to etching on ivory. Etching on ivory allowed designers to copy images directly from printed works such as <i>Livre de Chasse</i> (book of hunting) (1563) by Gaston Phebus.","physicalDescription":"Fall-front cabinet, teak veneered with rosewood and inlaid with tropical woods, ivory and brass, with silver escutcheon and iron mounts.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"teak","id":"AAT12453"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Teak, veneered with rosewood and inlaid with tropical woods, ivory and brass, with silver escutcheon and iron mounts","categories":[],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2026PN6681","2006AN0114","2006AN0113","2006AN0112"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES394882"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Cabinet","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Gujarat","id":"x29825"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"},{"place":{"text":"Sindh","id":"x35001"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"early 17th century","earliest":"1600-01-01","latest":"1650-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bought (Source not recorded)","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"16.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought (Source not recorded). This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"\"Fall-front cabinets and boxes made in Gujarat and Sindh in the sixteenth century and early seventeenth are typically decorated with inlay of one sort or another, ranging from micro-mosaic work (<font -i>sadeli</font -i>) to geometric, floral and figurative marquetry in wood and ivory.  This example is representative of a group characterised by the inlay of ivory (either white or stained green), a variety of woods, and brass or copper.  A range of decorative motifs is found, including animals positioned\r\nsymmetrically or chasing one another, courtiers, and armed hunters - both Indian and Portuguese - on foot, or mounted on horses or elephants.  Such figures are usually portrayed around mounds from which spring trees with multiple branches and abundant foliage.  Similar motifs are found on Gujarati mastic-inset mother-of-pearl cabinet-ware.\"","briefDescription":"Fall-front cabinet, teak veneered with rosewood and inlaid with tropical woods, ivory and brass, decorated hunting scenes. Gujarat or Sindh, early 17th century.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. 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