Rare cabinet in mother-of-pearl, stained wood, ivory and gilded tortoiseshell marquetry, in ebony and light wood fillet surrounds, decorated with a pastoral scene by a fountain, in a rosewood-backed reserve with bouquets of flowers in the spandrels, opening to a flap revealing a rosewood interior with sixteen drawers; the base resting on a later period gilded wood base decorated with foliage, resting on cambered legs with braces; (restorations; the base of the cabinet redone). Grand Ducal workshop in Florence, attributed to Leonardo Van Der Vinne. Florence, circa 1680. Cabinet, H.56cm, W.78,5cm, D.37cm Cabinet, H.130cm, W.88cm, D.47cm The attribution to Leonardo Van Der Vinne is based on a comparison with another cabinet now in the Villa di Poggio Imperiale near Florence (see illustration), clearly listed as belonging to the Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere, wife of Ferdinand II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (inventoried in 1691). It features a very convincingly similar façade, organized identically around a large reserve with a floral motif in the spandrels and a main motif within a central garland. Originally from Flanders, Leonardo van der Vinne is known to have worked in Florence in the workshops of the Grand Duke of Florence between 1660 and 1680. Masterpieces from this period include the extraordinary cabinet in Florence's Palazzo Pitti, made in 1667, and a table (also decorated with a reserve and flowers) now in the Palazzo Pitti.