A late 16th Century Augsburg marquetry table cabinet, with two cupboard doors enclosing fourteen vario sized drawers framing two architectural cupboard doors, profely inlaid throughout with densely scrolling foliage, monkeys, parrots, snails, squirrels, rabbits and grotesque masks, 92.75cm/Note: From the mid-sixteenth century, cabinet makers in the south German city of Augsburg specialised in table cabinets intended for the storage of small, precio objects such as exotic shells, medals and jewellery. These luxury cabinets were often profely decorated with colourful marquetry depicting fantastical ruins, strapwork, a variety of animals, birds and insects and a range of ornamental motifs drawn from contemporary German prints/Literature: Riccardi-Cubitt, 'The Art of the Cabinet', 1992, plates 14 and 15/see illtration CONDITION REPORT: Timbers include sycamore, green stained sycamore known as harewood, ash, oak and birch. Front of cabinet has some sun bleaching. Vertical split to each panel doors, visible to interior and exterior. Overall condition of inlaid drawer fronts is good but the bottom row of drawers either have missing bottoms or with loose bottoms. Several drawer knobs replaced and one loose. Shrinkage cracks to top. Small 15cm long strip of veneer missing to lower edeg one side. Slight ripple to veneer at back. Overall this is a lovely cabinet but with knocks, minor patches and marksmensurate with age.