Chest

Chest

• Localisation : The Tribune
• Année de création :Edo period, circa 1675
• Artiste :Japan

Description

This large lacquered Japanese chest was exhibited in 1740 at the Château de Chantilly in the Large Suites, in the Gallery of Battles. It bears witness to the Duke of Bourbon’s taste for Asian pieces. The black lacquered panels are decorated with hens, cockerels and pecking chicks in a delicate relief, highlighted in gold and red. The sides of the chest are equipped with large gilt-bronze handles enabling it to be moved. When the Duke of Bourbon died in 1740, it contained precious textiles related to Chantilly’s printed textile manufactory.