CABINET ON STAND (CONTADOR)

CABINET ON STAND (CONTADOR)

TYPE - Object (Cabinet)

STYLE – Indo portugse

DISCRIPTION - Large multiple drawer cabinet

                        - mounted on stand 

                        - patterns of stars & intersecting circles

FEATURES - DISTINCTIVE

                    -Scrolling legs

                      (inlaid with bird forms)

            INDIAN influence

                    -Nagas/naginis

                      (Hindu snakes are considered auspicious &                                   believed to provide protection)

                    -Birds

                      (jatayu , king of vultures, central character of                                 Ramayana)

            

                    EUROPEAN most common  influence

                    -Atlantes (male supporting heavy burden)

                     (They were used in columns n now as supports in cabinet)

                    -Brass

                      (cast mount decoration)

                    -PORTUGESE influence

                    -Triangles

                     (repeating designs of triangles)

                    -Marquetry

                     (seaweed named after interlacing  designs & dense arabesques)

            

                    -DUTCH influence

                    -Turn element

                      (this flemish decorative element)