Lot Essay
This Stollenschrank derives from the Frankfurter nasenschrank, one of the most characteristic items of German furniture of the early 18th Century. The decoration consists entirely of Hohlkehlen and Wellen, the lively convex and concave walnut-veneered mouldings, which dominate the front. Even though this type of furniture is generally associated with the 'Rhein-Main' area, it seems that similar pieces were made in all of Southern Germany, where Nuremberg was also an important cabinet-making centre, but even in Basel and Zrich in Switzerland. A related example is illustrated in W. Koeppe's Die Lemmers-Danforth Sammlung Wetzlar, Heidelberg, 1992, p. 244, no. 244. The carving of the apron, which appears on more richly-decorated examples, relates to that of the celebrated Stollenschrank in the Historisches Museum in Frankfurt. (H. Kreisel G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Mbels, Munich, 1981, vol. II, fig. 556)
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See illustration and front cover