Travel Cabinet Known As Bargueno, 17th Century.

Walnut with bone inlays and gilded wood.
Opens to a flap revealing drawers and two leaves with architectural doors with pilasters and pediment,.
Some drawers have a secret drawer at the base. Their drawer fronts are decorated with diamond panels, twisted columns on the uprights.
The support is a pedestal with columns connected by two carved bands forming a crossbar.

The base in the lower part is posterior but the cabinet is seventeenth century. Good condition. Dimensions: Total height: 138 cm Height of the chest: 56.5 cm Width: 95 cm Depth: 41.5 cm Also called “Vargueno”, from the name of the town of Varga, near Toledo, which is the main center of production. It was the favorite piece of furniture for the conquistador or missionary when it came to carrying administrative, diplomatic or personal effects on expeditions to the New World.