Copy of a letter sent to Jeremy Wright MP, secretary of state for culture, concerning the temporary export ban placed on a 350-year-old cabinet by Baroque artisan Giacomo Herman in the hope a buyer can be found to keep it in the UK (see ATG No 2388, right):
Export of the 17th century baroque Italian Giacomo Herman cabinet – strangely undervalued at a nominal £3.3m – would be a cultural folly and a financial nonsense.