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Miniature collector's cabinet

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Dyed and gold-tooled leather on secondary woods pine poplar pear yew; veneers of ivory mother-of-pearl pear plum ebony rosewood holly ash green stained poplar; gilded metal; reverse-painted glass
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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss 1948
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Title: Miniature collector's cabinet
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Dyed and gold-tooled leather on secondary woods pine poplar pear yew; veneers of ivory mother-of-pearl pear plum ebony rosewood holly ash green stained poplar; gilded metal; reverse-painted glass.

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