A LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL OAK BUREAU CABINET

LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY LIGE OR AACHEN

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A LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL OAK BUREAU CABINET
Late 18th century, possibly Lige or Aachen
The arched molded cornice centering a flower basket above a pair of doors with musical and hunting trophies flanked by foliate-carved angles, above a foliate-scroll-carved fall-front enclosing a fitted interior, with three similarly carved drawers below, on shaped bracket feet
97in. (246cm.) high, 60in. (152.5cm.) wide, 29in. (74cm.) deep

Sale room notice

Please note that the title for this property should read: Property from the Estate of Kenneth D. Childs

Lot Essay

Related Ligois cabinets with the same distinctive floral basket cresting are illustrated in J. Philippe, Le Meuble Ligois, 1990, p. 84, figs. 155-157, while a similar example from Aachen is illustrated in Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Mbels, Munich, 1970, vol. II, pl. 101.