Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure)

Johann Daniel Sommer II, ca. 1685

Artist

Johann Daniel Sommer II (German, 1643–1698?)

Date

ca. 1685

Medium

Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and marquetry of pewter, mother of pearl, and tortoiseshell colored red on the reverse; silver; brocaded damask (not original)

Size

16 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (40.6 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed