LOT 48 Baroque chest of drawers with display cabinet top
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BAROQUE CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH DISPLAY CABINET TOP. Wohl Umkreis Main, Franken, Würzburg. Date: Around 1760/65. Technique: Softwood body with walnut, maple and other veneers. Description: Curved base with three drawers and geometric inlays as well as a pull-out writing desk. The top is glassed on three sides, with double-doors and three small drawers on four small rocaille feet. The three drawers decorated with fine inlays with architectural landscapes. Measurement: 218,5x139x69cm. Provenance: Private collection Rhineland.Literature: - Dobler, Uwe: Barockmöbel. Bürgerliche Möbel aus zwei Jahrhunderten, Augsburg 1992, compare further examples of this type of furniture p. 108f. - Schatt, Christian: Barock- und Rokoko-Möbel. Mobiliar aus Bürgerhäusern und Herrensitzen des 17. und 18. Jh., Munich 2000, compare similar examples of a loose placement of the top on the commode p.140 and 149.The emerging desire for a luxurious lifestyle and its display helped this type of furniture to flourish. Finally valuable porcelains could be displayed in a representative manner. 品相报告: - Poor state of preservation with restorations and damages. - The central gable piece of the top has been restored. - There is a larger breakout on the edge bead of the lower part on the left side. - There are cracks, bumps, scratches and small repairs on
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