A SOUTH GERMAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BEDSIDE CUPBOARD

POSSIBLY MUNICH, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A SOUTH GERMAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BEDSIDE CUPBOARD
POSSIBLY MUNICH, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The shell-centered back rail with rectangular top and rounded front with chamfered corners above a slide writing surface and two conforming drawers, flanked with foliate strapwork, on cabriole legs and hoof feet, inscribed in red ink '1974.356.216', redecorated, with traces of earlier decoration
32 in. (81 cm.) high, 22 in. (56 cm.) wide, 15½ in. (39 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; sold Christie's, New York, 30 March 1995, lot 265.

Lot Essay

This charming small commode is undoubtedly inspired by the exuberant rococo furniture designs of the Flemish architecte-dessinateur François Cuvilliés (1695-1768), who was brought to the royal court of Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria to supply boiseries and furnishings. A related commode in the Residenz, Munich, with similar low relief rocailles and outset pierced angles, is illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutshen Möbels, 1970, vol. II, fig. 447.

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