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A collection of ornate wooden furniture pieces, including cabinets and chests, highlighting historical craftsmanship and design.

Wardrobe; around 1720 (1710-00-00-1730-00-00);
Wardrobe; around 1720 (1710-00-00-1730-00-00);
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Chest (Italy); Manufactured by Villa Demidoff; walnut, ivory and fruitwood inlayCloset. Cabinet glued with pear wood on oak and pine core. The cabinet rests on four bal legs and has two doors with, plainly painted in a blackwood wooden ribbons, panels with coats of arms. In the pedestal a tray; In the hood a storage room that closes with a lid. The hood list is glued with black wood. Behind the doors Seven drawers with black painted in front plates, surrounded by robberries and painted red inside. On the doors "Anno 1610" (probably arranged later).Cabinet, André-Charles Boulle (attributed to), c. 1670 - c. 1675 Cabinet, oak wood veneered with ebony, marqueterie of different types of wood, copper, tin, turtle, horn and lapis lazuli. Seizure of gilded bronze. Paris oak (wood). copper (metal). bronze (metal). ebony (wood). brass (alloy). tin (metal). horn (animal material). lapis lazuli (rock). gilding (material) Cabinet, oak wood veneered with ebony, marqueterie of different types of wood, copper, tin, turtle, horn and lapis lazuli. Seizure of gilded bronze. Paris oak (wood). copper (metal). bronze (metal). ebony (wood). brass (alloy). tin (metal). horn (animal material). lapis lazuli (rock). gilding (material)ArmchairBernard Gussow, Table (Drop leaf), c 1936 Table (Drop-leaf)Lowboy. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 33.1 x 27.8 cm (13 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.Petit Guridon ". Japan. Bois (bne, mother -of -pearl). Paris, Muse Cernuschi. little guidon Asian art, Extreme-East art, Japanese artCorner Cupboard (Encoignure). Jacques Dubois (French, 1694 - 1763, master 1742)Tea Table 1765-75 American. Tea Table 8281Table late 17th century Flemish or Southern German. Table 193207Cupboard with door with paint panel, gold lacquer on black soil, with birds, flowers and plants., Anonymous, 1780 Cabinet glued with satin wood and other types of wood. The door is decorated with a paint panel in gold lacquer on black soil. This panel shows two birds with flowers and plants. From the conical legs the front legs are placed overhoeks, as well as the corner styles that show a flung ribbon motif with cubes. The paint panel is framed with multiple decorative tires. The sides and the leaf show panels of a lighter type of wood, also surrounded by tires. A block band under and along the leaf. Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). oak (wood). satinwood (wood). purpleheart (wood). maple (wood). lacquer (coating) lacquering Cabinet glued with satin wood and other types of wood. The door is decorated with a paint panel in gold lacquer on black soil. This panel shows two birds with flowers and plants. From the conical legs the front legs are placed overhoeks, as well as the cAnonymous. "Writing table". Mahogany, walnut, gilded bronze. 1750-1800. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76109-3 Mahogany, antiquity, bronze dore, furniture, walnut, writing table, ancient, furnitureLibrary table. Culture: British. Designer: Probably designed by William Kent (1685-1748). Dimensions: Overall: 31 3/4 × 55 × 23 3/4 in. (80.6 × 139.7 × 60.3 cm). Date: ca. 1735.This table is related to a group of library tables possibly designed by the architect William Kent (1685-1748) and variously attributed to the cabinetmakers William Vile (ca. 1700-1767) and Benjamin Goodison (ca. 1700-1767) and the carver John Boson (ca. 1705-1743). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Commode; Gilles Joubert (French, 1689 - 1775); Paris, France; 1769; Oak veneered with kingwood, tulipwood, holly, bloodwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin marble top; 93.5 x 181 x 68.6 cm (36 13,16 x 71 1,4 x 27 in.)Desk on loose pedestal with bent legs placed overhoek, decorated with flower and leaf work, volutes and rocailles. Double curved base cabinet with drawer. Top with sloping valve with grunt edge. Uprising with two doors with glass windows behind which load. Silver, Anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1800 Desk, miniature with rebellion of ebony and the spider of tropical wood. The loose pedestal with stocked curved bent legs shows flower and leaf work, volutes and rocailles. On it is the base cabinet with a double bent lower piece and a drawer with silver key plate; Hengsels with rosettes, framed by grunts on the sides. The upper cupboard shows a sloping valve with a grunt edge. The uprising with two doors with glass, behind which loading with silver battle and sculpted attachment. Indonesia wood (plant material). ebony (wood). silver (metal). glass Desk, miniature with rebellion of ebony and the spider of tropical wood. The loose pedestal with stocked curved bent legs shows flower and leaf work, vUpright secretary ca. 1775-80 Guillaume Kemp. Upright secretary 202160Drop-leaf Table. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 23.3 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 28 1/2"high; 16 1/4"wide; 33 1/2"open; 20"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rex F. Bush.Writing box and desk with scenes from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) early 20th century Japan This early 20th-century set of a lacquer writing box (suzuribako) and a writing desk (bundai) follows Edo period traditions of depicting scenes from classics on writing utensils. The exterior of the lid of the writing box is embellished with rich maki-e decoration, including all major techniques, representing one of the most-well-known episodes from The Tales of Ise. Episode 87 is shown in a refined gold and silver composition, in which a group of noblemen visit Nunobiki Waterfall, near present-day Kobe. Nunobiki is one of the most famous and sacred waterfalls in Japan. Inspired by the beauty of the scenery, the noblemen composed poems about court ranks. The interior of the lid and the inside of the writing box are embellished with patterns of symbolic meaning, such as a pilgrims wooden backpack, a letter, autumn ivy and maple leaves referencing the Mount Utsu scene from The Tales of Ise. Cardtable. Maker, attributed to: Samuel Fisk, American, 1769-1797Maker, attributed to and/or: William Fisk, 1770-1844Music cupboard with copper piping. Music cupboard from mahogany with copper piping.Nicholas Gorid, Slant Top Desk, c 1953 Slant-Top DeskTall chest, c. 1830, 57 x 42 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (144.78 x 108.9 x 59.06 cm), Walnut, inlay, United States, 19th centuryStandWood Burner Cook Stove. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 51.5 x 38.1 cm (20 1/4 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 27" high; 24" long; 14" deep. Medium: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter L. Webster.Sideboard. Culture: American. Dimensions: 65 1/2 x 89 x 31 in. (166.4 x 226.1 x 78.7 cm). Date: ca. 1795-1805.Unknown in American homes prior to the 1790s, the sideboard quickly became an essential component of the fashionable dining room. It provided space for the storage and display of expensive silver flatware, porcelain, and glassware used during the course of a meal. This massive and resplendent example with an accompanying knife box is a tour de force of early-nineteenth-century cabinetmaking. It includes a unique variety of ornament, from inlaid panels of mahogany veneer, marquetry, and silver-plated copper to verre églomisé, or reverse painting on glass on the panels flanking the central lunette. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Center Table 1850-60 A profusion of scrolls, interspersed with fruit and flowers, ornament the legs and stretchers of this Rococo Revival center table. Mid-nineteenth century parlors were often arranged around a center table, where family and friends would gather. Marble tops provided a spill proof surface for beverages and oil lamps. The brass castors on the tables feet facilitated easy movement across the highly patterned wall-to-wall carpeting popular during the period.. Center Table 1526Chest of Drawers 1750-90 American. Chest of Drawers. American. 1750-90. Mahogany, white pine. Made in Massachusetts, United StatesSmall table. unknown, creatorRound Tea Table ca. 1765 American The top of this table has been divided into eight alternating scalloped and straight edges from a single board of Caribbean mahogany, measuring over two-feet in diametera stylish and accommodating surface on which to serve tea. This example has exceptionally high knees and, on the pillar, an unusually flattened ball with carved leafage on a stippled ground. When not in use, the top is tilted upward and the tripod base can be positioned against a wall, or in the corner of a room.. Round Tea Table 8273Hadley Chest. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.7 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 41 1/2"high; 44 7/8"wide; 20 1/2"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Foster.Draw-top table 17th century Swiss. Draw-top table. Swiss. 17th century. Walnut and apple with slate top. Woodwork-FurnitureGrace Bolser, Cabinet, c 1940 CabinetTableQueen ann style table with ewer Queen ann style table with ewer isolated over white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 16126810Josep Puig i Cadafalch / Vitrina, 1900. Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic de Barcelona.Portable Desk-on-frame Table 1800-1810 American. Portable Desk-on-frame Table 6728Sideboard. Maker, possibly by: James WoodwardCupboard consisting of a base cabinet and slightly recurring upper cupboard with corner styles that end in carved figures, art dealership E.J. van Wisselingh, c. 1910 Cabinet of Coromandelhout consisting of a lower and slightly recovering top cabinet. The base cabinet has two doors with two drawers above it. The doors each consist of panels within a framework of which the styles cut with leaf capitals contain. Both on the left and the right sides of the drawers, the oak ends of the dovetail connections of the lady construction can be seen, namely three squares above each other. The drawers contains copper fittings in the form of key plates and rods with maskerons. The corner styles at the front of the cabinet end at the height of the middle in a sculpted figure with staff. The slightly recurring upper cabinet consists of two doors with a hood consisting of two lists above it. The doors each consist of four panels, the two of which are approximately three times as large at the bottom asHoekékégère puts JalouzIEDERE, Versierd puts marquetry, Anonymous, c. 1750 - C. 1775 Hoekétagère glued with pink wood and other types of wood on oak core. The semi -round cupboard has consolorous volutes on the recovered corners and is closed by a jalouzie door. On the sides in Marqueterie, the consoles show volutes with leaf work around a field with a diamond pattern. Above the cupboard volute -shaped rear walls, which carry two scallops. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). oak (wood). cedar (wood). rosewood (wood) Hoekétagère glued with pink wood and other types of wood on oak core. The semi -round cupboard has consolorous volutes on the recovered corners and is closed by a jalouzie door. On the sides in Marqueterie, the consoles show volutes with leaf work around a field with a diamond pattern. Above the cupboard volute -shaped rear walls, which carry two scallops. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). oak (wood). cedar (wood). rosewood (wood)Writing Table (bureau plat); By Martin Carlin (French, born Germany, about 1730 - 1785 (master 1766)), At least seven plaques gilded by Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé (French, 1716 - 1779), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1756 - present); Paris, France; about 1778; Oak veneered with tulipwood and set with 14 soft-paste porcelain plaques with bleu céleste ground color, polychrome enamel decoration, gilding; set with gilt bronze mounts, modern leather top; 77.5 x 131.1 x 61.9 cm (30 1,2 x 51 5,8 x 24 3,8 in.). Cabinet, Z.G. Pillow cabinet, glued with rosewood on an oak core. Corinthic pilasters, decorated with festans and putti, form the styles. On the capitals an eagle, in the middle a cherub. The doors wear thick cushions. The pedestal has two drawers, decorated with browse raft and cherub. The Frisian is decorated with leaf rights, two eagles, putti with festans and a ribbon with "Anno 1689". On the decorative piece The weapon of the Alberda family, for Mello Alberda (1642-1698).Low cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) (one of a pair) late 18th century after a design by André Charles Boulle French This pair of low cabinets (see also 1974.391.2a, b), or meubles à hauteur dappui, demonstrates the strong influence that André Charles Boulle and the exuberant style of marquetry known as Boulle-work exerted upon furniture production in France well after his death in 1732. Dating to the mid-to late-eighteenth century, each cabinet is veneered with ebony panels richly decorated with Boulles signature usage of marquetry, consisting of tortoiseshell, brass, and sometimes pewter, and integrated into a floral and foliate design. The central panel of each cabinet is surmounted by a portrait medallion, with the first piece (1974.391.1a) featuring Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610), whose head is turned in profile to the right; the matching piece (1974.391.2a) contains the portrait of Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully (1560-1641), in profile turned to the left. The decis. Wall table made of gold-plated beech wood, resting on overhoeks. S-shaped legs, which in a woman's breast image ending with spread wings, with shoulders as spiral volutes with floral wreaths. To connect a swapped X-shaped cross, with acanthus sheet and decorated at the intersection with rosette and band work. The scalloped rule carries a palmet and diamond pattern in the middle of degrees C-volutes with acanthus leaf and flower branches. The side rules exhibit rosettes with tape work. Marble top.MESA LUIS XV.An original Hans Ruckers "Vierkante Clavisingel" virginal or harpsichord inscribed with "Omnis Spiritus Laudet Dominum" (Let all that breathe praise the Lord). The decoration is a covering of paper printed from woodblocks. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.Tabletop from wall table. Wooden table top from the table of of walnut with four overhoeks. S-shaped legs, ending in volutes.Joint Stool 1725-50 American, possibly. Joint Stool. American, possibly. 1725-50. Cherry. Possibly made in New England, United StatesSmall Rectangular Table, late 10th-11th century, 14 3/4 x 27 1/4 x 21 3/8 in. (37.47 x 69.22 x 54.29 cm), Cedar (nan-mu) with painted decor, China, 10th-11th centuryShaker Table. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 25.1 cm (12 x 9 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 25 1/2" high; 32 1/2" wide; 17 3/4" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred H. Smith.Rex F Bush, Pa German Hutch Table, c 1936 Pa. German Hutch TableAlfred H Smith, Shaker Small Table, c 1936 Shaker Small TableChair. unknown, authorAnonymous / 'Writing cabinet'. 1702 - 1714. Copper alloy, Shell, Ebony. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.George Fairbanks, Side Board, c 1937 Side BoardWood office desk titled 'Office Lady' by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933) French designer of furniture and interiors during French Art Deco period. Dated 1923Bench 1825-50 United Society of Believers in Christs Second Appearing (“Shakers”), Mount Lebanon, New York Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder, Shakers (or United Society of Believers in Christs Second Appearing) united on this bench for religious services. In the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries, the Shakers established utopian communities that were progressive for the period in their practice of gender and social equality. The streamlined form of this bench also reflects the Shakers interests in asceticism and efficiency in the face of amplified American consumerism and industrialization.. Bench 458LookingGlassCommode. Culture: French. Dimensions: 34 1/2 × 50 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (87.6 × 128.3 × 62.9 cm). Maker: André Charles Boulle (French, Paris 1642-1732 Paris). Date: ca. 1710-20.In 1708, the prototypes for this commode, then called a pair of bureaux, were delivered to the Grand Trianon by André-Charles Boulle. The duc d'Antin, director of the king's buildings, wrote to Louis XIV: "I was at the Trianon inspecting the second writing desk by Boulle; it is as beautiful as the other and suits the room perfectly."1 Not until the Trianon inventory of 1729 were the pieces described as "commodes." (They are often called commodes Mazarines because they stood during the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth in the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris.)2 From the beginning, the design proved to be immensely popular, although it has also been criticized for an "awkward treatment of forms," meaning, in particular, the four extra spiral legs that were required to support the weight of the wooden cabinet classic over white backgroundIron fitting design on wooden almira, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotoxDower Chest 1800 American. Dower Chest. American. 1800. Yellow poplar. Made in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United StatesPembrokeTableHarry Mann Waddell, Cabinet, c 1940 CabinetHangingShelf. Maker: Charles Parker Company, American, founded 1832Antique wooden Table isolated over white 3dAmerican 20th Century, Rectangular Table for Serving or Tea, c 1940 Rectangular Table for Serving or TeaDrop-leaf Pembroke Table. Culture: American. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 40 x 30 1/2 in. (72.4 x 101.6 x 77.5 cm). Date: 1790-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Furniture around the turn of the century 1900, Satinwood wardrobe, inlaid with tulipwood, harewood, holly, ebony, mahogany, and other woods (1910, 1911) .jpgAntique wooden almira, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotoxFrame, wood, carved, painted, gilded, possibly Italy, ca. 1750, Decorative Arts, FrameCabinet, by Sicily workmanship, 18th Century, walnut wood carved and inlaid. Italy: Sicily: Palermo: Monreale: Santa Maria Nuova Cathedral: sagrestia. Detail. Cabinet furniture furnishings fittings design carvings decoration balustrade pinnacles drawers frames guilloches geometric inlaysCupboard. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 51.5 x 40.6 cm (20 1/4 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7'high; 2'6"wide; 2'deep. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Leslie Macklem.Madrid, M.A.N. Arte Edad Media. Arqueta de escribano en madera y taracea del círculo granadino, de finales del s.XIV, con tapa superior y compartimientos para tintero y cáñamo.Four Post Bed. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 6'4" long, 60" wide, posts 6'4" high.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fred Weiss.Tea-table, by Bolgie Francesco, 1777, 18th Century, wood carved and gilded. Italy, Piemonte, Turin, Royal Palace. View. Table tea-table gold gilt: gilding wood decorated garland vase medallions.Carved and gilt pinewood Console Table from Italy. Dated 18th CenturyMount, Andiron; brass; 1902-17-1Vintage bar stoolSpinet. Culture: American. Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 73 1/4 x 27 in. (85.1 x 186.1 x 68.6 cm). Maker: Johannes Gottlob Clemm (1690-1762). Date: 1739. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.High Biedermeier linen cupplate, linen cupboard cupboard cabinet furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany oak brass, Veneered with cuba mahogany two doors with rectangular panels wide cornice with hollow profile BiedermeierKitchen Cupboard. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 35 cm (17 15/16 x 13 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 79"high, 41 1/4"wide, 17" deep at base.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Sudek.Candle Lantern. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 25.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and goauche on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel W. Ford.Tripods, by Genoan workmanship, 1785, 18th Century, wood carved partially gilded and painted. Italy: Liguria: Genoa: National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola. Detail. Tripod furniture interior/fittings design furnishings decoration gold gilt/gilding festoons garlands lion head flower ovoli/echini flutesUpright Harp Piano 1843 F. Beale & Co. The short-lived Euphonicon (from Greek, "sweet-toned") was patented by John Stewart in 1841 and manufactured under his supervision. Hand-painted designs and gilded brackets soften the industrial aspect of the solid iron frame. The Macassar ebony case encloses 3 soundboxes that replace a normal sound board. Decorated on all sides, the Euphonicon can be free-standing. Delicate scrollwork and carving belie its great weight. Similar harp-pianos (so called because of the exposed strings) were popular in America around 1860.Technical description: Base of mahogany painted green and decorated with gilt bands; gilt decoration on exposed areas of sound chamber; gilt metal brackets and finials; painted and gilt iron brackets below keyboard integral with vertical frame; rolls on casters; patented tuning mechanism employing screws; fretwork music rack, base front panels, and sound chamber rear panels; ivory naturals, ebony accidentals, compass CC-a4 (82 keys),Sword Stand 18th century Japanese. Sword Stand. Japanese. 18th century. Wood, lacquer, gold, silver. Sword FurnitureÉtagere. unknown, authorClose-up of Kelim-upholstered stoolStereoscope 1859 Alex Beckers. Stereoscope. American. 1859. Pine, rosewood, glass. Made in New York, New York, United StatesHarpsichord converted to a piano. Culture: French. Dimensions: Height (without lid): 36 7/8 in. (93.6 cm)Width (parallel to keyboard): 36 3/4 in. (93.3 cm)Depth (perpendicular to keyboard): 95 3/16 in. (241.7 cm). Maker: Jean Goermans (Dutch, active France, Gelden, The Netherlands 1703-1777 Paris). Date: 1754.The harpsichord reached its greatest popularity and refinement in eighteenth century France. The French Revolution of 1789 and subsequent turmoil caused many of these beautiful instruments to be destroyed. This example is a rare survivor that was later converted to a piano in the late eighteen or nineteenth century. The harpsichord case painted black and decorated in gilt with musical trophies, flowers, floral borders, and small pamels of lattice diaper. Separate stand with seven cabriole legs and scroll feet with carved acanthaus ornaments. The inside of the case is painted red with chinoiserie decorations in black and gold. The inside lid decorations include an Asian style pDrop-leaf Table ca. 1800 American. Drop-leaf Table 3448Corner cabinet. unknown, joinerPair of Shrine Doors, 1700-1850. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). overall: 76.5 x 54.6 cm (30 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.).Tiffany "Acorn" Lamp Antiques-Decorative Arts Chest-on-chest. Culture: American. Dimensions: 85 1/4 x 43 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (216.5 x 109.9 x 54 cm). Date: 1760-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Mirror. unknown, creatorSmall rectangular table ca. 1765 Johann Friedrich Spindler. Small rectangular table. German, Bayreuth or Berlin. ca. 1765. Tulipwood and purplewood. Woodwork-FurnitureBrass handle on wooden almira, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotoxChest sarcophagi, Larnax, Archaeological Museum with most important finds of the Minoan culture, Heraklion, Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, EuropeGas stove for restaurant kitchen.Metal drawers Gold silver and copper metal drawers isolated Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 14274168