CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY SCHELSWIG-HOLSTEIN

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A DANISH BURR WALNUT FIGURED WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SECRETAIRE CABINET
CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY SCHELSWIG-HOLSTEIN
The arched moulded pediment centred by scrolled foliage and a later shell motif, flanked by foliate carved and gilded finials, the arch-shaped mirrored door enclosing two shelves, the concave corners applied with carved shell, rockwork and S scroll motif, the bombé lower section fitted with a secretaire drawer above three graduated drawers, the shaped apron on scroll feet, inscribed to the reverse Campbell, restorations
98½ in. (250 cm.) high; 47½ in. (121 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Campbell.
Sotheby's, London, 29 May 1998, Lot 93.
The John Hobbs Collection; Phillips, New York, 4 June 2002, lot 28.

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Lot Essay

Furniture of this type has often been attributed to Denmark or Schelswig-Holstein/Altona, as the later was Danish territory in the second quarter of the 18th century. This region was later ceded to Prussia in the mid-19th century. A related bureau cabinet is illustrated in H. Kreisel and G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Mobels, Spatsbarock und Rokoko, Munich 1983, fig. 860.

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