SOUTH GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, CIRCA 1700 WITH ALTERATIONS

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A CENTRAL EUROPEAN FRUITWOOD, EBONY, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SACRISTY CHEST
SOUTH GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, CIRCA 1700 WITH ALTERATIONS
Of en tombeau form with intricate strapwork designs, two drawers with exhibition labels, later fitted with drawers to center, three base drawers original, carved giltwood elements are later embellishments
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 77 in. (195.5 cm.) wide, 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bequest of the Catherine D. Wentworth Collection.

Exhibited

Wentworth Collection, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1949.

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Lot Essay

The form of this sacristy chest is inspired by the work of the ébéniste Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (c.1639-1715). A related commode of en tombeau form attributed to him and after a design by Jean Bérain is in the Wallace Collection (F405) and is illustrated in P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture II, London, 1996, pp. 633 and 637.

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