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Tulipcabinet

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  • Matt Houghton asked

    did Herman Doomer even mark his work with his initials?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hello Matt, Unfortunately I cannot find anything in our collection registration system about a mark or a stamp, but an elaborate piece like this was aften signed in one way or another. The information that I can find goes as follows: research Loek van Aalst 14-01-2016: this art cabinet was made as one piece while most cabinets consisted of a cabinet on a table. kunstkabinet is als 1 kast gemaakt (vaak stonden dit soort kunstkabinetten op tafels. It can be dated around circa 1640. Doomer was ahead of his time in constructing the support and the foot. The frieze is typical for Doomer and probably he himself did the mother of pearl inlay. The painted tulips are very special, they do not occur in other furniture by Doomer. The balls under the feet seem to be original.
    Maybe you can find more information in this essay: Herman Doomer, ebony worker in Amsterdam, Reinier Baarsen, Burlington Magazine nov. 1996, pag. 739-749, afb. 29-32
    Kind regards, Els

  • Margarida Pedro Serra asked

    the white matewrial is ivory or whalebone?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hi Margarida,

    The white details of this ebony cabinet from 17th century were made with ivory and mother-of-pearl.

    Best,

  • asked

    Where is the whalebone?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Thanks for your question. The 24 drawers inside the cabinet are decorated with a delicate pattern executed in whale-bone - which was readily available as a result of the flourishing whaling industry at the time. Herman Doomer himself, devised the process of pressing the material into a metal mold and colouring it. In 1641 he applied for a patent for this method. Best, Rianne

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This ebony veneered cabinet inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl can be seen as a forerunner to the museum. Collectors would have kept curiosities in it such as rare shells and stones. The tulip motif was a symbol of wealth in Holland in the seventeenth century as tulip bulbs fetched enormous sums of money.

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Title Tulipcabinet
Material and technique Cedarwood, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, quicksilver
Object type
Collector's cabinet > Cabinet > Cupboard > Furniture > Living > Utensil
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Width 132 cm
Height 183 cm
Depth 52 cm
Artists Furniture maker: Herman Doomer
Accession number Div. M 17 a-d (KN&V)
Credits Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department Applied Arts & Design
Acquisition date 1958
Creation date in circa 1635-1650
Collector Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
External exhibitions Flowers Forever. Flowers in Art and Culture (2023)
Boijmans bij de Buren - REMIX ROTTERDAM, Boijmans X Wereldmuseum (2020)
Material
Object
Geographical origin The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Herman Doomer

Anrath circa 1595 - Amsterdam 1650

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen owns two cabinets by Herman Doomer. Originally from Germany, Doomer started working as a cabinetmaker in Amsterdam in 1613. He was...

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