{"id":429028,"date":"2025-07-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=429028"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:18:32","slug":"mother-of-pearl-antique-cabinets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/mother-of-pearl-antique-cabinets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother-of-Pearl Makes These Antique Peruvian Cabinets Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-871x950.jpg\" alt=\"Pair of 1720\u201360 Spanish Colonial mother-of-pearl-inlaid cabinets\" class=\"wp-image-429541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-871x950.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-321x350.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-110x120.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-768x838.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-855x933.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\">pair of 1720\u201360 Spanish Colonial mother-of-pearl-inlaid cabinets<\/a> once belonged to the Viceroyalty of Peru.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only an extraordinarily complex cultural cross-pollination could have produced this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\">dazzling pair of secretary desks<\/a>, which belonged, some three centuries ago, to the Spanish viceroy of Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Made of cedar lavishly decorated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/material\/mother-of-pearl\/\">mother-of-pearl<\/a> inlay and standing seven feet tall, they were clearly intended to impress, perhaps to intimidate. High-ranking colonial officials displayed showstoppers like these in reception rooms to assert their status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re not just functional furniture \u2014 these were diplomatic statements, expressions of wealth,\u201d says Dickie Zebregs, a partner in the Amsterdam antiques gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/dealers\/zebregsandroell\/\">Zebregs&amp;R\u00f6ell<\/a>, which is currently offering the rare pieces on 1stDibs. \u201cThey\u2019re windows into a forgotten world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/dealers\/zebregsandroell\/shop\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-715x950.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of a 1720\u201360 Spanish Colonial mother-of-pearl-inlaid cabinet\" class=\"wp-image-429565\" style=\"width:675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-715x950.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop-702x933.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-interior-narrower-crop.jpg 1121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The interiors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\">the cabinets<\/a> are clad in hardwood veneers, including teak and boxwood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zebregs&amp;R\u00f6ell specializes in museum-quality objects (the gallery\u2019s client list includes the Rijksmuseum, the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art) that reflect global trade among Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa from the 16th to the early 19th century, the era of exploration and colonial expansion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their wondrous inventory includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/buy\/netsukes\/\">netsuke<\/a>, Victorian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/more-furniture-collectibles\/collectibles-curiosities\/taxidermy\/\">taxidermy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/more-furniture-collectibles\/collectibles-curiosities\/arms-armor-weapons\/\">arms and armor<\/a> of epochs long past and other curiosities. \u201cWhat ties it all together is not just age but relevance: objects that tell a story of how cultures met, mingled and influenced each other through diplomacy, trade or conquest,\u201d Zebregs says. \u201cWe\u2019re particularly drawn to hybrid works where indigenous craftsmanship intersects with European forms and iconography.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iridescent secretaries are a clear example of just that kind of synthesis. Most likely made in colonial Peru or Mexico between 1720 and 1760, during a period when furniture, game boards, religious wares and other objects decorated with nacre were all the rage, they represent a fusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/buy\/spanish-baroque-furniture\/\">Spanish Baroque<\/a> design, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/asian-art-furniture\/\">Asian<\/a> decorative techniques and motifs and South American craftsmanship, Zebregs says. \u201cYou can see Spanish courtly aesthetics along with echoes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/asian-art-furniture\/material\/lacquer\/\">Asian lacquerware<\/a>, brought to the Americas via the Manila galleons,\u201d Spanish trading ships that plied the Pacific from the Philippines to Acapulco between 1565 and 1815, laden with luxury goods from the Far East. \u201cThey blended into something unique to the Americas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-712x950.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a keyhole on a 1720\u201360 Spanish Colonial mother-of-pearl-inlaid cabinet\" class=\"wp-image-429550\" style=\"width:675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-712x950.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-262x350.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zebregs-and-Roell-A-pair-of-Spanish-colonial-Viceregal-mother-of-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets-silver-detail.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A closeup shows the intricacy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cabinets\/pair-of-spanish-colonial-viceregal-mother-pearl-inlaid-bureau-cabinets\/id-f_39040402\/\">cabinets<\/a>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/material\/mother-of-pearl\/\">mother-of-pearl<\/a> inlay. The hardware is silver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to mother-of-pearl, the cabinets each have a carved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/material\/giltwood\/\">giltwood<\/a> cornice and base, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/material\/silver\/\">silver<\/a> hardware. They&#8217;re almost as beautiful inside, with gleaming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.mom\/furniture\/material\/hardwood\/\">hardwood<\/a> veneers arrayed in a graphic diamond pattern. Zebregs sees the shimmering pieces at home with collectors who appreciate their layered history. \u201cThey would work beautifully in an eclectic interior that mixes modern design with rich textures and patina,\u201d he says, as well as in an institutional or museum setting where their cultural context could be fully examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with esteemed Maastricht-based dealer Guus R\u00f6ell, Zebregs founded the gallery in 2019 \u201cout of a fascination with how cultures influenced each other through material exchange,\u201d he says. \u201cAmsterdam feels like the natural home for this gallery because of its history as one of the world\u2019s oldest and most important trading ports. 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