LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A German gilt, polychrome-painted and white hanging cupboard
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overal with foliate pierced C-scrolls the pair of panelled doors enclosing a grey velvet lined interior centred by a silk and metal thread embroidery panel with initials HC
100 cm. high x 94 cm. wide x 30 cm. deep
And a poem entitled Iür den Schrank by C. Hecker, illustrated with a border of cherubs and foliage and crowned monogram CW, the design by G. Gnant, the original watercolour made to accompany the cupboard; And a commemorative card for the marriage of Princess Pauline von Württemberg to Prince Friedrich zu Wied in 1898.

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Lot Essay

This pretty cupboard, which was in honour of an aristocratic German couple on the occasion of their marriage is even accompanied by a calligraphy poem. It is a shame that we do not know who the couple were behind the monogram CW, it is unlikely though that the monogram refers to the princess of Wuerttemberg and the Prince zu Wied, for whom the monogram WW would seem more logical.

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