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A FRANKFURT OAK NASENSCHRANK

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A FRANKFURT OAK NASENSCHRANK
EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The overhanging moulded canted rectangular cornice above two moulded and waved doors enclosing a pale silk-lined interior with four later shelves, the angles and sides with conforming decoration, on a moulded base and bun feet
85½in. (217cm.) wide; 84¼in. (214cm.) high; 28¾in. (73cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A closely related Nasenschrank is illustrated in W. Schwarze, Antike Deutsche Möbel, Wuppertal, 1977, illus. 495 and in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1968, vol. I, illus. 535. An armoire of the same model, but walnut-veneered, was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 24 November 1989, lot 245

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