Small Chest with Inner Drawers

A compact rosewood chest with a flat lid, two front cabinet doors and a round brass lock plate at the top center. Brass corner plates, side handles and a scalloped apron frame the warm, grained wood against a plain grey ground.

Look closer: Small pierced brass hinge plates and a pair of decorative escutcheons sit on the central door seam.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1700s

Medium

Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2861 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Mildred F. Walker