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The original external hinges are different in character from the corner mounts and central lock plates, which are pierced and engraved with Chinoiserie designs. The form of the stand with the coarsely carved caryatid figures is typical of English late-17th-century carving.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The scale and drawing of this cabinet's japanning is na‹ve, suggesting that it pre-dates 1688, when the most common source book for this type of decoration appeared. Published in Oxford by John Stalker and George Parker as <i>A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing</i>, this book was intended to assist amateur decorators as well as professional cabinet-makers.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The cabinet belonged to Robert Weymiss Symonds (1889-1958), an architect and designer of furniture and interiors. Symonds was also an outstanding furniture historian who published extensively; his first articles appeared in 1922. He  advised a number of important collectors. This acquisition, which was made by the V&A when Symonds was just 22, demonstrates his early interest in English furniture.","physicalDescription":"Cabinet of black lacquer on wood with brass mounts, on carved and silvered stand. The cabinet is enclosed in front with two doors, each mounted with five brass hinges, lock-plates and angle pieces of openwork and engraved brass, the cabinet having eight similar angle pieces, and two edge plates. The decoration on the doors consists of flowers, figures and geese in gold lacquer and coloured, gilt and silvered composition in relief, the sides being similarly decorated with houses and trees. The interior of the doors and the fronts of the eleven drawers are decorated in the same manner. The stand, which is covered with silver leaf, has four cabriole legs carved with terminal figures of cherubs and terminating with bold acanthus scrolls. The front and sides of the stand are carved with the heads of cherubs and birds and foliage of openwork. 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The stand is carved in the florid baroque manner of ca.1675.\n\n<u>Comparable objects</u>\nJapanned cabinet on stand (1675-1700), at Chastleton House (National Trust), in Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, (Woodbridge, 2002), plate 5:16, p.156\nStand supporting a cabinet at Parham House (green ante-room, 2002)\nCharles II black japanned cabinet on a carved silvered stand, Bonhams London 'Fine English Furniture and Works of Art', 12/03/2014, Lot No. 202\r\nCabinet on stand, Christie's, 04/12/1984, Lot No. 156\n-Cabinet on carved and silvered limewood stand (167.6 x 123.2 x 60cm) c1690, acquired for Athelhampton during refurnishing in the 1920s, published in WASHINGTON, National Gallery of Art: The Treasure Houses of Britain. Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting. 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