A FRANKFURT WALNUT WELLENSCHRANK, early 18th Century

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A FRANKFURT WALNUT WELLENSCHRANK, early 18th Century

The rectangular moulded stepped cornice above two doors with moulded panels and central pilaster, the pierced and engraved steel escutcheon with a putti and a bust among scrolling foliage, with a pierced escutcheon and enclosing four shelves, above a moulded and stepped spreading base and on later bun feet
74¾in. (190cm.) wide; 84½in. (215cm.) high; 30in. (76cm.) deep

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Two related armoires are illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1968, Vol. I, illus. 535 and 536. A further model was anonymously sold at Christie's New York, 7 February 1987, lot 445 and another from the Princely Collection of Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg, Sotheby's house sale, 12-19 October 1993, lot 289