EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BERLIN

Details

A GERMAN RED AND GILT-JAPANNED CABINET-ON-STAND
Early 18th Century, possibly Berlin
Painted with fête champetre, the upper section with two doors decorated with a wooded landscape with classical ladies resting in the foreground and a fortress in the background, the sides depicting a coastal landscape and a castle, the interior with ten variously sized drawers with Italianate landscapes after Guardi, the insides of the doors with green and gilt-japanned chinoiserie motifs, a moulded frieze below, with a shaped frieze and on cabriole legs, restored split to left door, minor losses to the decoration
57½ in. (46 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide 16 in. (40 cm.) deep

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Laquer cabinets with related stands are illustrated in I. Reepen & E. Handke, Chinoiserie - Möbel und Wandverkleidungen, Bad Homburg, 1996, pp. 14-15, ill. 8, 11, and cat. 6 and 7.
A related cabinet, recently in the German art trade, was attributed to the Bamberg area.

More from IMPORTANT EUROPEAN FURNITURE,SCULPTURE & TAPESTRIES

View All