A NORTH GERMAN WALNUT ARMOIRE

EARLY 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LBECK

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A NORTH GERMAN WALNUT ARMOIRE
Early 18th Century, probably Lbeck
The stepped breakfront cornice centred by a winged and crowned goddess holding a laurel-wreath in her left hand and flanked by berried oak leaves and pine-cones and two draped trumpeting cherubs, above two panelled doors centred by an oval medallion carved with cherubs, foliage and swags, the corners with a pilaster decorated with further cherubs and foliage, and two conforming pilasters to each angle, enclosing a fitted interior with four adjustable shelves, the plinth with a drawer with two shaped lozenges centred by a scrolled foliate motif and an adjustable cherub's head hiding the key hole, on ebonised later ball feet, the interior stencilled '289' to the back, and with two depository labels, Von 'HUSUM M./... dated 11 APR. 19..', and another 'E. M. 83/LBECK'
97 in. (247 cm.) high; 103 in. (262 cm.) wide; 38 in. (97 cm.) deep

Provenance

Consul General Karl Bergsten (d. 1953).

Literature

Generalkonsul och Fru Karl Bergstens Fregaaende Kataloger ver deras Konstsammling, Stockholm, 1950, plate XI.

Lot Essay

This type of armoire is generally known as Schapp. A nearly identical armoire is in the Landesmuseum Oldenburg (H. Kreisel et al., Die Kunst des deutschen Mbels, Munich, 1968, fig. 490), while a further closely related armoire is in the Politzer Collection, Trieste (E. Baccheschi, Mobili Tedeschi, Milan, 1969, p. 69).

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