Cabinet with personifications of the Five Senses
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- Object
- Cabinet with personifications of the Five Senses
- Accession number
- 29.23.1
- Date
- third quarter 17th century
- Makers
- —
- Medium
- Satin worked with silk and metal thread, purl, chenille, seed pearls, coral beads, and mica; tent, knots, rococo, satin, couching, and detached buttonhole stitches; woven metal thread trim; silk and paper lining; wood frame; turned wooden feet
- Dimensions
- H. 5 3/4 x L. 9 x W. 7 1/2 inches (14.6 x 22.9 x 19.1 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Embroidered and Woven
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- metal_stone