Torkild Gallery
Rue Watteeu — 13
Watteeustraat
1000 Brussels
+32 475 44 96 43
www.torkild.com
info@torkild.com
Instagram : @torkild_worksofart
ABOUT
Gallery founded in 1994 after an extensive training with Bernard Steinitz in Paris, and Art History at Christie's in London. The gallery has an information center on furniture and specifically 17th century European cabinets. It also has a workshop for the restoration of quality furniture or materials such as tortoiseshell, horn, marquetry, copper, noble woods, ivory, etc. The gallery specializes in 17th century European cabinets and furniture and works of art in general..
An Antwerp or Brussels inlaid lacquer and Tortoishell table cabinet
Tortoiseshell, inlaid lacquer, ebony, bone
17th century
8 drawers, no secret drawers
H 39,5 x W 66 x D 31 cm
Bibliography :
-)” The Art of the Cabinet", M. Riccardi-Cubitt
-) “Zuid-Nederlandse pronkmeubels", Ria Fabri, 1989
-) “Flemish 17th century lacquer cabinets”, W. De Kesel & Greet Dhont
Comparanda :
Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK)