Stylish Dutch four-door Kussenkast (cushion-cabinet) from the mid-17th century.

A great example of early 17th Dutch Classism. 1625-1640.

A very architecturally designed piece of furniture.

The whole is immediately reminiscent of a 17th-century Dutch canal house.

Due to the influence of Calvinism, the piece of furniture has a calm and balanced appearance.

Yet everything is very richly finished with refined profiles.

This piece of furniture has a great quality.

See detailed photos.

The entire cabinet, every part, even the back, is made of quarter-sawn oak.

In the drawing of the grain it is clearly visible that the oak is quarter-sawn.

This gives a very beautiful effect.

The sawing direction shows the food canals.

Technically speaking, this is of top quality.

An extra locker has been created behind the door at the top left - see photos.

the cabinet is made in two parts.

In the middle a wide drawer that clearly marks the boundary between the upper and lower cabinets.

With three small lion heads. See photo.

Beautiful deep cushions of which the breasts are veneered with rosewood.

This kelim is made by the woman of the Qashqai nomads. 

Authentc. 

For their omw purpose, wool of their ownd sheep and dyed with natural dye. 

In very good condition, about 80 years old. 

Nice little arched cabinet – ‘Toogkast’- with a beautiful patina.

Early type, because of the continuous side posts to the ground.

First half of the 17th century.

Refined with beautiful carving and here and there inlaid with pieces of Padoek wood.

Fine fluting in the posts.

Original lock.

Inside two shelves.

the posts. Original lock.

Inside two shelves.

The cabinet is so low, 136 cm. that you look at the top.

The top also has a very nice patina and is intact.

Rare size.

Elegant trumeau from the style period at the time of Napoleon - 1810 - 1830.
The Empire.
Beautiful Napoleon - Rouge marble. 
The gold ornaments are cast bronze and then 'fire gilded' with mercury and 14 carat gold.
Under the marble top a drawer.
And under that a mirror.
These trumeaus often have a mirror - this gives a nice playful and lively effect, almost an extra spatial dimension. 

A stylish piece of furniture. 

80 x 85x 40 cm.

Beautiful walnut cabinet from Spain.

The Moorish influence is clearly present in this piece of furniture, as in much early Spanish furniture.

Beautiful patina in the wood.

Inside you will also see a very beautiful, dark, shiny patina.

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A high Wabi-Sabi content.

For lovers of Brutalism, this is a feast of recognition.

The construction is also interesting: the 3-centimeter thick planks form a structural component connected by wrought iron nails that remain visible with large, wide heads.

A readable construction.

Form and construction form a whole.

That is inspiration for architects.

Beautiful and rare burl walnut secretary. The front with the drawers is 'organ curved', so called because it resembles the pipes of a church organ. 
With 'open knees': The curved side posts can be turned away and behind them you see four secret drawers. 
Only one in a hundred secretary desks has this. The burl walnut is beautiful with a fascinating pattern and looks like amber. 
This piece of furniture was made in the 19th century in the style of Louis XV. 
The drawers are expertly dovetailed. 
No key.

beautiful early Dutch chest. 
Certainly 17th century. 
The panels are quarter-sawn. 
Flutes in the heavy side posts. 
Slightly convex lid.

Inside a document tray.

Completely original. No lock anymore.

Authentic Mafrash. 
A kind of bag. 
Kelim weaved fabric made by the women of these nomads to pack their household goods when they moved on to new pastures. 

In the tent this was used to sit on, as shown. 
Such a Mafrash was also sometimes used as a cradle. 
Made of self-spun wool from our own sheep and self-dyed with natural vegetable dyes. 
Made for our own use.

Authentic German chest.

around 1750 - 1780 

Beautiful oak with lovely patina. 
Heavy hand-forged hinges.

Inside a document compartment. 
The lock is original. 
The four legs are a restoration.

Beautiful Flemish or Zeeland two-door cabinet.

Full Renaissance.

Very close to the Italian Renaissance and is just as richly executed.

In the doors so-called cornice panels, beautiful geometric shapes.

The doors are flanked by fine carved caryatids crowned with a bust with head. In the middle a woman, flanked by two men. All wear a frigian cap.

Beautiful lion heads that are very artistically carved by a sculptor.

The eyebrows in the shape of acanthus leaves.

This cabinet is very skillfully made.

Striking are the hidden slides in the sides of the hood. Intended to put a candlestick on.

Two hidden drawers in the quarter round hood with grunts - comma-shaped figures that are typical of the Renaissance.

Antwerp or Zeeland, the difference is small, so is the distance, 70 KM.

Monumental Stollentruhe. with extensive wrought iron.

An iconic piece of furniture.

These were pieces of furniture expressed the prestige of the landed gentry.

The wide side posts are called stollen.

Hence the name.

In the front a spectacular Gothic lock plate.

Completely original.

Pilaster cabinet 17th century.

We rarely see a piece of furniture that has been published in the most important standard work for

Dutch 17th century furniture by Loek van Aalst and Annigje Hofstede.

This book is by far the best book in this field.

The cabinet you see here is depicted on page 89 of this book.

Hes & de Graaf, ISBN 978 90 6194 350 1.

Provenance: purchased in 1997 by a Dutch company.

Including the valuation report for insurance of Loek van Aalst.

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These birds are depicted with the so-called 'inward line', they look inwards, at each other.

That is always the classic way.

The panel on the bottom left deviates from this – this bird looks to the left, just like the other one.

Probably a deliberate anomaly that was often made in art to show modesty.

Based on the idea that total perfection can only be attributed to God.

This is also seen in Oriental Carpet Art, for example.

The whole thing is made too perfectly to explain this anomaly otherwise.

Rarely, however, to come across on a piece of furniture.

A very outstanding piece indeed.

The sides are just as richly finished as the front.

A cupboard like this was made as a status symbol and cultural statement.

In its time in the 17th century it was also expensive and was intended for people who wanted to show their social status , as we do now with the house we live in, clothing and/or cars.