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Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman
anonymous, c. 1686 - c. 1710, furniture, BK-NM-1010
The exterior of this dolls house is a work of art in its own right, with its mother-of-pearl and pewter veneer. The owners’ initials - Petronella Oortman and her husband Johannes Brandt, a cloth merchant in Amsterdam - are inlaid on both sides. Remarkably, all the domestic furnishings were made…
On display in room 2.20
Twee toiletkoffers
André-Charles Boulle (attributed to), c. 1685 - c. 1690, BK-2009-255-1
These magnificent showpieces were made by Europe’s most celebrated cabinetmaker: André-Charles Boulle. He probably made them for Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé who gave them to his daughter Marie-Thérèse when she married. The boxes have lids so they can be used for storage, although that is…
On display in room 2.23
Stadtholder’s chair
Gerrit Hutte, 1747, BK-NM-1315
Willem IV sat on this chair when he presided over the high court in The Hague. The cabinetmaker who made it, Hutte, and Van Dijck, who carved it, chose an extreme Rococo style for this ceremonial chair. The back is crowned with the arms of Zeeland, Holland and West Friesland and the embroidered…
On display in room 1.2
Tea bowl
anonymous, c. 1100 - c. 1299, AK-MAK-615
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Comb in the form of two dragonflies
Lucien Gaillard, c. 1904, jewellery, BK-1990-1
On display in room 0.9
The Hundred Guilder Print
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1648, print, RP-P-OB-601
On display in room 2.7
The bodhisattva Maitreya
anonymous, 500 - 525, sculpture, AK-MAK-71
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Mercury
Hendrick de Keyser (I), 1611, figure, BK-1959-61
On display in room 2.1
Tomb figures of horses and camels
anonymous, 650 - 750, figure, AK-MAK-65
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2