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A GERMAN GILT BRASS-MOUNTED, WALNUT, FIGURED WALNUT, ASH, ENGRAVED IVORY AND MARQUETRY CABINET

BRAUNSCHWEIG, CIRCA 1740-1750

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A GERMAN GILT BRASS-MOUNTED, WALNUT, FIGURED WALNUT, ASH, ENGRAVED IVORY AND MARQUETRY CABINET
BRAUNSCHWEIG, circa 1740-1750
Banded and crossbanded overall, inlaid with classical figures and the four seasons, the moulded and stepped cornice above a pair of doors with simulated panels, enclosing a fitted interior with seven drawers and a central open compartment above three long drawers, on later bun feet
219 cm. high x 134 cm. wide x 48 cm. deep

Special notice

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The design, proportions and decoration of the present cabinet are typical of those produced in Braunschwieg in the middle of the 18th Century. Specially the doors inlaid with cartouche-shaped panels centred by ingraved ivory figures are characteristic of nearly all good cabinets produced in Braunschwieg during this period. A comperable cabinet is illsutrated in H. Kreisel/G.Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, vol. II, fig. 878.

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