Lot 505
505
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A SOUTH GERMAN ROCOCO WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU-CABINET

CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY MAINZ

Details
A SOUTH GERMAN ROCOCO WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU-CABINET
Circa 1750, possibly Mainz
The arched cornice above later tambour doors with shaped surround flanked by canted corners above a central slant-front enclosing a fitted interior over three deep serpentine drawers and one shallow drawer, with scrolled apron, on short cabriole legs, interior of top refitted
70in. (185cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide, 23in. (58.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The sinuous outline of this elegant bureau-cabinet, and in particular the delicately carved apron with its distinctive central foot, relates to the work of cabinet-makers such as Peter Schuss and Johann Philipp Raab from the Mainz region. More elaborate versions of this type of Mainz cabinet, but retaining the same essential characteristics, are illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Künst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, vol.II, figs.1029-1034.