THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BRAUNSCHWEIG

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**A GERMAN ROCOCO IVORY-INLAID WALNUT AND MARQUETRY BUREAU BOOKCASE
Third quarter 18th Century, possibly Braunschweig
With broken arch pediment centering a roundel inlaid with a coronet above the letter C, above a pair of crossbanded doors inlaid with interlaced scroll cartouches within a figurative pastoral scene, enclosing a fitted interior, the base with slant-front enclosing a fitted interior with mirrored compartment above two serpentine drawers, on cabriole legs
88in. (223.5cm.) high, 47in. (119.5cm.) wide, 23in. (58.5cm.) deep

Sale room notice

Please note the correct estimate should be $15,000-20,000.

Lot Essay

The combination of delicately inlaid C-scrolls framing cartouches of richly figured walnut with ivory inlaid figures is a characteristic of the Braunschweig region. A cabinet with similar marquetry panels in the State Museum, Braunschweig, is illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Künst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, vol.II, p.87, fig. 86. Other
realted cabinets from Braunschweig are illustrated ibid. figs. 875-879.