vargueno (vargano)

[Named from the village of Vargas, near Toledo in Spain.] A cabinet of peculiar form, consisting of a box shaped body without architectural ornaments, opening by means of a front hinged at the bottom edge, and the whole mounted on columns IMG:content-1705.jpg:[graphic] Spanish Vargueno, 17th century. (From "L'Art pour Tous.") or a stand at a height convenient for writing on the opened cover used as a desk. The decoration is of geometrical character, and makes especial use of thin ironwork in pierced patterns, sometimes gilded and mounted on pieces of red cloth, leather, or the like, which form a background.