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Lot 1773 Dα

A Brunswick inlaid corner cabinet

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

A Brunswick inlaid corner cabinet

Walnut, burr walnut, root wood, elder, maple and plum veneers on softwood corpus, solid dark stained hardwood, gilt brass mountings and marbled paper lining. Rare encoignure cabinet with three drawers and serpentine front resting on rocaille carved supports. Inlaid with vertical veneer and cartouche motifs. The locks replaced, older insect damage. H 83.5, hip depth 54 cm.
First half 18th C.

Literature

Cf. Schneider, Braunschweiger Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Braunschweig 2021, cat. no. B8, for a cabinet with a leaping horse in the Städtischen Museum Braunschweig with a similar veneer design and identical handles.