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A SWISS PARCEL-GILT, PEWTER-INLAID WALNUT, STAINED FIELD MAPLE AND FRUITWOOD CUPBOARD 'HALLENSCHRANK'

CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY BASEL

Details

A SWISS PARCEL-GILT, PEWTER-INLAID WALNUT, STAINED FIELD MAPLE AND FRUITWOOD CUPBOARD 'HALLENSCHRANK'
CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY BASEL
The carved and pierced foliate cresting centred by an octagonal cushion panel above an oversailing eared and moulded cornice, above a pair of doors each with two rectangular panels with ripple-mouldings, foliage and further octaganal cushion panel, flanked and divided by spirally-turned columns headed by acanthus carved capitals, enclosing a plain interior and with engraved iron hinges and lock, on a conforming plinth base with bracket feet, with brass plaque stamped F 2130
293 cm. high x 250 cm. wide x 86 cm. deep

Provenance

Stadtpalais, Vienna, 1999.

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

A comparable cupboard using the smae distinctive burr veneers and spirally turned columns was in the Baden Baden sale, Sotheby's Germany, 5 october, 1995 (138,000DM). The Baden Baden cupboard was originally from the Markgräflich Badischen Hofgebäude in Basel.

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