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House & Garden 
A rare example 
of marqueterie 
work is this En¬ 
glish cabinet of 
the William and 
Mary period 
The cabinet be¬ 
low is Chinese, 
inlaid with ivory 
and dates from 
the 17th-l&th 
Centuries 
The Chinese influence was 
very much in evidence in 18 th 
Century English furniture. An 
example of that epoch is 
found, in the red lacquer 
cabinet 
An unusual form of Italian 
cabinet is found in this ex¬ 
ample of 17tli Century work¬ 
manship. It is of walnut and 
is richly carved in figures and 
architectural designs 
A fascinating little 
cabinet is this Ital¬ 
ian design of the 
late 17 th Century 
with inlay deco¬ 
rations 
The Japanese are 
master - hands at 
cabinet -making. 
T his example in 
lacquer dates from 
about 1650 
Corner commode- 
cabinets are seen 
in their natural en¬ 
vironment in this 
interior portrait by 
Walter Gay of a 
room in his Paris 
home. A volume 
of Walter Gay’s 
interiors has re¬ 
cently been pub¬ 
lished. Courtesy of 
Gimpel & Wilden- 
stein 
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