MID-18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH GERMAN WALNUT ARMOIRE
Mid-18th Century
The scrolling broken pediment above a pair of arched panelled doors enclosing an interior with two hinged wooden clothes racks, wooden pegs, and two later metal hanging-bars, above a drawer and on facetted scrolled feet, the backboards later, the pediment previously with an urn finial, with dealer's label FROM P. LAYCO(CK) ANTIQUE AND MODER FURNITURE DEALER OXFORD STREET - HARROGATE
80 in. (203 cm.) wide; 94 in. (239 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A closely related Dielenschrank from Schleswig-Holstein is illustrated in W. Schwarze, Antike deutsche Möbel, Wuppertal, 1977, fig. 13, while a further related armoire from Lübeck is illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, fig. 848.
A similar armoire was sold anonymously at Christie's Amsterdam, 21 December 1990, lot 771.

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