Wig cabinet (cabinet de coiffure)
Object type: Wig cabinet
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Künzelzau
Artist: Johann Daniel Sommer II
Artist bio: German, 1643–1698?
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1685
Medium: Oak and walnut veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and marquetry of pewter and mother-of-pearl on horn over paint, simulating tortoiseshell; silver; brocaded damask (not original)
Dimensions: 16 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (40.6 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2004
Accession year: 2004