A pair of south german Biedermeier fruitwood commodes

PROBABLY MUNICH

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A pair of south german Biedermeier fruitwood commodes
Probably Munich
Each with a canted rectangular top above a frieze drawer, above two further drawers, on square legs, minor restorations
93cm. high x 113cm. wide x 58.5cm. deep (2)

拍品專文

This pair of elegant fruitwood commodes was probably executed in Munich, where Count Carl Leopold of Maldeghem almost certainly purchased a large number of pieces following his move to Schloss Niederstotzingen in 1821 or after his marriage to Countess Maria Theresia of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzbach in 1823. These commodes do not have any particular painted or inlaid decoration which links them to a specific Munich workshop, although their tops are flush with the under-lying drawer-section which is a characteristic feature for Bavaraian chest-of-drawers. (G. Himmelheber, Biedermeier 1815-1835, Munich, 1989, p. 208)
Similar designs for Commoden are illustrated in M. Wölfer's Modell- und Musterbuch für Bau-und Möbel-Tischler, Leipzig, 1833, T. 62.

See illustration