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A SOUTH GERMAN RENAISSANCE SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY TRAVELLING CABINET
CIRCA 1560, AUGSBURG
With rectangular top centrally inlaid with a scrolling foliate oval medallion enclosing a reclining putto within a provincial townscape surrounded by elaborate blossoming scrolling foliage, the corners fitted with gilt-metal clasps above a similarly inlaid fall front reversing to a medallion enclosing a stag hunt, the interior fitted with a central cupboard door inlaid with a musician, surrounded by eight short drawers and a long drawer panelled to simulate two short drawers, the sides fitted with carrying handles, and the back similarly inlaid--15½in. (38.7cm.) high, 21½in. (53.7cm.) wide, 16in. (40cm.) deep
CIRCA 1560, AUGSBURG
With rectangular top centrally inlaid with a scrolling foliate oval medallion enclosing a reclining putto within a provincial townscape surrounded by elaborate blossoming scrolling foliage, the corners fitted with gilt-metal clasps above a similarly inlaid fall front reversing to a medallion enclosing a stag hunt, the interior fitted with a central cupboard door inlaid with a musician, surrounded by eight short drawers and a long drawer panelled to simulate two short drawers, the sides fitted with carrying handles, and the back similarly inlaid--15½in. (38.7cm.) high, 21½in. (53.7cm.) wide, 16in. (40cm.) deep
Provenance
Katherine Schratt
Julius Bohler
Julius Bohler
Exhibited
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, The Triumph of Humanism, September 1977 - January 1978, no. 221.