THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 390-410)

A NORTH GERMAN GILT-BRASS AND GILT-LEAD-MOUNTED WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CABINET ON CHEST

ALTONA, MID-18TH CENTURY

Details

A NORTH GERMAN GILT-BRASS AND GILT-LEAD-MOUNTED WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CABINET ON CHEST
ALTONA, MID-18TH CENTURY
The arched crest with a pierced and c-scroll and acanthus-carved center, above a pair of mirrored doors opening to a shelved interior with two drawers, on a serpentine-shaped base of three drawers on scrolled feet, the feet apparently original
96 in. (244 cm.) high, 49¾ in. (126.5 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 October 1997, lot 185.

Lot Essay

This splendid cabinet is one of the richest known examples of the distinctive interpretation of the rococo idiom by cabinet-makers in Altona, an area near Hamburg formerly part of Denmark. A group of closely related cabinets from Altona are illustrated in A. Kratz, Altonaermöbel Des Rokoko Und Klassizismus, Hamburg, 1988, figs. 4-10.

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