A small inlaid wooden chest - image-1

Lot 366 Dα

A small inlaid wooden chest

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)

A small inlaid wooden chest

Limewood or maple, plum, and stained wood inlays on softwood, solid oak. Rectangular coffer with hinged lid and moulded base and rim. The facade carved with two arches. With the original wrought iron mountings. H 20.2, W 33.5, D 19.7 cm.
South Western Germany / Switzerland, 17th C.

Literature

Cf. Himmelheber, Kleine Möbel, Munich 1979, no. 43, for a similar chest with flower vase inlays beneath the arches dated to the late 16th C. in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.