A Dresden mirrored cabinet - image-1

Lot 1668 Dα

A Dresden mirrored cabinet

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €

A Dresden mirrored cabinet

Walnut, maple, ebony, and plum veneer on softwood, the interior presumably veneered in elm, ormolu mountings, iron locks, facetted mirror. Lower section comprising a chest with two rows of four drawers beneath a two-doored upper section with mirrors and a curved top. Both sections with carrying handles to the sides. Restored; the upper section offset; some mountings and presumably the locks replaced; subsequent losses. H ca. 225, W 155, D 67 cm.
Mid-18th C.

Literature

Cf. Haase, Dresdener Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1983, no. 111 f.