Collector's cabinet with miniature apothecary's shop, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. bk-1956-44 /
The focus of this large, wonderfully designed book is an outstanding eighteenth-century Dutch cabinet from the Rijksmuseum's extraordinary furniture collection. This cabinet houses a miraculous collection of curiosities including a mini-apothecary's shop filled with over 300 jars, pots and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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[Amsterdam, Netherlands] :
Rijksmuseum Publications,
[2017]
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| ISBN: | 9789491714726 9491714724 |
| Summary: | The focus of this large, wonderfully designed book is an outstanding eighteenth-century Dutch cabinet from the Rijksmuseum's extraordinary furniture collection. This cabinet houses a miraculous collection of curiosities including a mini-apothecary's shop filled with over 300 jars, pots and bottles containing medicines. Concealed behind the rear wall of the cabinet, 55 secret drawers reveal a varied collection of over 2.000 naturalia specimens -- including seeds, flowers, roots, resins, ores and a great deal more. The cabinet was probably owned by a wealthy doctor or pharmacist and its contents were intended as a curiosity, for the amusement of a select group of friends, family, and other collectors. Twenty-first-century readers will doubtlessly be equally impressed by this truly exceptional Dutch collectors cabinet. In this visually stunning publication, the complete contents of this magnificent cabinet are on display for the first time and in almost real size. Several authors describe the contents of the miniature apothecary's shop and some of the remarkable remedies it contains, as well as the artful and varied arrangements of naturalia found in the drawers. |
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| Item Description: | Title and subtitle from preliminary page. "Research, conservation and publication with support of the Bank of America Art Conservation Project, 2011". |
| Physical Description: | 6 unnumbered pages, 115 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 42 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 27). |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |