Sacristy cabinet
Unknown
ca. 1450–80 · Poplar wood and walnut inlaid with various woods; iron locks, handles and key · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
From the early fifteenth century on, such cabinets were made to store valuable textiles or tableware. Small pieces of iron joined with brass solder form the tracery of the key's bow. The key is for the credenza on an adjacent platform.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1450–80
- Medium
- Poplar wood and walnut inlaid with various woods; iron locks, handles and key
- Culture
- Italian, Florence or Siena
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1945
