Antwerp cabinet in ebony veneer and red tortoiseshell opening with two doors revealing an architectural interior with ten drawers, two of which are secret. A central door flanked by two Doric columns opens onto a theater decorated with mirrors and a checkerboard in bone and ebony marquetry. A large drawer occupies the lower register while a compartment at the top is lined with a mirror. It rests on a later blackened wood base with twisted legs and struts. Flemish work. Period : XVIIth. Size (cabinet) : +/-70x65x35 cm , (base) : +/-82x97x35 cm. Provenance : former collection Nève de Mévergnies & Van Ypersele de Strihou.

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