IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 209526 accession number: M.13 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 9 November 2016 updated: Wednesday 27 September 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rosewood cabinet, mounted with pietre dure, and inlaid with ebony. On a Regency mahogany and parcel-gilt stand. One of a pair. The cabinet is of 'architectural' form. The upper part has pediments and drawers, and has a central cupboard which encloses a fitted interior with an arcaded alcove. The pediments are surmounted by classical figures and putti, who stand flanked by female figures, with summer and autumn attributes. The cabinet is inset with panels of lapis lazuuli, agate, quartz, and various Roman marbles. The pilasters are formed of four gilt bronze standing figures, with gilt bronze capitals with rams heads, on plinths supported by four gilt bronze crowned eagles. The stand is on lion paw feet, and has a moulded top and gadrooned edge above a central frieze, with Greek key decoration, above two parcel gilt caryatid supports with floral drop swags. On the back panel is a central plaque, with a female mask, centrered by gilt wood sun rays. title: cabinet on stand NOTES ----- type: history note value: Possibly commissioned by a member of the D’Este family, Dukes of Modena and Ferrara (based upon icongraphy of the crowned eagles). Almost certainly acquired by Henry, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1698-1758) and his son Charles, Viscount Morpeth (1719-41) on their grand tour to Italy in 1738-39; then by descent to Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle (who probably added the regency stands); then by descent at Castle Howard until sold, Sotheby’s, London, 8 July 2015, lot 22. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with contributions from The National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), The Pilgrim Trust, The Right Reverend and Mrs Peter Walker Legacy, The Marlay Group, Molly Lowell and David Borthwick, The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust, The John Armitage Charitable Trust, Mr Giles Ellwood and Mr Philippe Sacerdot, and The Drawing Matter Trust: STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209526 PEOPLE ------------------- Howard, Henry, 4th Earl of Carlisle Castle Howard CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1625 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1625 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 17th Century, Early# culture: 19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Tatham, Charles Heathcote DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 43.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 222 dimension: Width units: cm value: 92 CITATIONS -------- England Displayed. A New, Complete, and Accurate Survey and Description of the Kingdom of England and Principality of Wales A new display of the beauties of England Horace Walpole's Journals of Visits to Country Seats, etc Roman Splendour, English Arcadia: The Pope's Cabinet at Stourhead Museums are the essence of our communities Funded: Unknown maker and Charles Heathcote Tatham, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Recent acquisitions (2012-16) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge The Furniture History Society Newsletter --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/large_M_12_20_26_20A_2106_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1006 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_M_12_20_26_20A_2106_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 491 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/M_12_20_26_20A_2106_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1007 pixels width: 1025 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_M_12_20_26_20A_2106_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 246 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 520 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/mid_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 986 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 520 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/preview_M_13_20_26_20A_2106_1_201608_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 493 pixels width: 250 pixels