Lot Essay
An Austrian cupboard of similar design is illustrated in A. Disertori et al., Le Mobilier du XVIIIme Siècle, Paris, 1991, p. 207 and is in the collection of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna.
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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
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.
Stadtpalais, Vienna, 2007.
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