Cabinet
Although this is a French piece, the central lacquer panel is of Japanese origin and shows Mount Fuji and autumn grasses. The border, also Japanese, is decorated with autumnal vegetation. The piece recalls 18th-century furniture, which was a popular style in revival pieces for...
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Purchased by William T. Walters, or Henry Walters, New York, after 1890 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The cabinet formed part of the furnishings for 5 West Mount Vernon Place, the Walters' Baltimore townhouse. It is likely the piece listed in the 1930s inventory of the house as #796 ""Japanese lacquer writing desk."" Some of its previous contents (WAM 54.27-54.465) can be linked to Henry Walters, which perhaps suggests that this cabinet belonged to him, rather than William. T. Walters.
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