MID-18TH CENTURY

Details

AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, FRUITWOOD, BURR-BIRCH AND PEN-ENGRAVED CUPBOARD
MID-18TH CENTURY
Banded and crossbanded overall, inlaid with interlacing strapwork and foliage, the serpentine shaped moulded cornice above a frieze with two simulated drawers, the bow-fronted doors inset with four rectangular panels depicting the four continents, flanked and divided by tapering pilasters headed by carved capitals, above a base drawer on bun feet, with paper label inscribed Schloss Feldsberg/5959 and with brass plaque conformingly stamped
215 cm. high x 204 cm. wide x 70 cm. deep

Provenance

Stadtpalais, Vienna, 1999.
Stadtpalais, Vienna, 2007.

Special Notice

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