Germany, Table cabinet, 1560–70, oak and pine veneered with partly stained and ebonized maple, plum, ash, with etched, blued, and parcel gilt iron fittings, The John R. Van Derlip Fund, the John and Ruth Huss Fund for Decorative Arts, and the Walter C. and Mary C. Briggs Trust Fund 2018.15a-x

Cabinet of Treasures, or Treasured Cabinet?

Join Ghenete Zelleke as she unlocks doors, opens drawers, and explores secret compartments of a magnificent marquetry cabinet made in Augsburg, Germany, in about 1560. Once it held a treasury of costly and prized objects; today, its value lies in its dazzling surfaces and impressive scale that proclaim the wealth and sophistication of its former owner and the talent of its maker.

Ghenete Zelleke is Mia’s James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts & Sculpture and head of the Department of Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture.

$10; $5 My Mia members, free for Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture Affinity Group members.

To register, call 612.870.6323 or reserve online.

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