ID 820252
Lot 623 | A SOUTH GERMAN BRASS-MOUNTED EBONIZED, BURR BIRCH, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
CIRCA 1740
The upper section of rectangular outline fitted with a pair of cupboard doors veneered to form a perspective view of a quadrangle surrounded by low buildings, the lower part with two banks of drawers with landscape scenes and foliage flanking a cupboard door with architectural scene, the armorial panels to the inside of the doors and the interior of center cabinet possibly added in the 19th century, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
76 1/4 in. (194 cm.) high, 43 in. (109.5 cm.) wide, 25 1/2 in. (65 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, Schloss Bad Homburg.
Acquired from Carlton Hobbs, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1993.
Literature
‌Carlton Hobbs, Catalogue Number One, 1989, no. 22.
‌M. Ricardi-Cubitt, The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, figs. 87-89.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Ebonywood, Kingwood, Wood, Pewter |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Ebonywood, Kingwood, Wood, Pewter |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Address of auction |
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