a north-german figured walnut cabinet-on-stand 'Frankfurter Stollenschrank'

CIRCA 1700

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a north-german figured walnut cabinet-on-stand 'Frankfurter Stollenschrank'
Circa 1700
The rectangular moulded overhanging cornice above a pair of doors each centred by a rectangular panel with concave and convex rounded mouldings flanked and centred by rectangular panels and enclosing a light-green damask-lined plain interior with a shelf above three open compartments, above a shaped drawer, on spirally-turned legs joined by a waved stretcher and on later bun feet, restorations
206cm. high x 149cm. wide x 70cm. deep
Ein 'Frankfurter Stollenschrank', Nußbaum, um 1700
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Lot Essay

This Stollenschrank derives from the Frankfurter Nasenschrank, one of the most characteristic pieces of German furniture of the early 18th century. The decoration consists entirely of "Hohlkehlen" and Wellen, the lively convex and concave walnut-veneered mouldings, which dominate the front. Even though this type of furniture is generally associated with the "Rhein-Main" area, it seems that similar pieces were made in all of Southern Germany, where Nuremberg was also an important kabinet-making centre, and even in Basel and Zürich in Switzerland. A similar Stollenschrank is illustrated in W. Koeppe's Die Lemmers-Danforth-Sammlung Wetzlar, Heidelberg, 1992, p.244, (No.99), whereas a further, virtually identical example is illustated in H. Kreisel Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1981, fig. 552.

Der Stollenschrank leitet sich ab vom Frankfurter Nasenschrank, einem typischen deutschen Möbel des frühen 18. Jh. Vergleichbare Stücke entstanden überall im süddeutschen Raum, bis nach Basel und Zürich in der Schweiz.

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