Some pieces arrive with their whole life intact, and this 18th-century Portuguese cabinet even kept its original key. Found in Béziers, it's built in dark wood with four panelled doors and two center drawers, each panel carved with a raised diamond and centered with a small iron escutcheon. The diamond-panel front is a signature of Iberian baroque cabinetry, where the play of raised geometry caught candlelight and gave a heavy piece its depth across a dim room. The wood has gone darkened with age, the iron hinges hand-forged, the whole thing standing on turned bun feet. Sylvie sets it in an entryway or dining room and fills it with linens, candles, and the bottles worth keeping behind a door that locks.
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