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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL MOUNTED BRASS INLAID AND EBONISED SIDE CABINETS
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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL MOUNTED BRASS INLAID AND EBONISED SIDE CABINETS

PROBABLY GERMAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL MOUNTED BRASS INLAID AND EBONISED SIDE CABINETS
PROBABLY GERMAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with a rectangular top and canted angles above a pair of glazed doors, one with a paper label inscribed 'SCHLOSS-INVENTAR KARLSRUHE SEITE: 865/0 NO.9', the interior with two adjustable shelves above a shaped apron and square feet, the back with additional inventory Baden-Baden sale labels
35½in. (90cm.) high, 57¾in. (147cm.), 22in. (56cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
The Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, Schloss, Karlsruhe, and by descent. Sold Sotheby's 'Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Grossherzöge von Baden', Baden-Baden, 5-21st October 1995, part lot 1110 (DM16,800).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The overall form of these cabinets, formerly in the so-called family room at Schloss Karlsruhe, closely imitates the contemporary French style of the early Napoleon III period. With the use of pine instead of the more normal oak, the back panels of each cabinet suggest that they were made in Germany, possibly even locally to Baden-Baden, following a French pattern.

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