Lot 707 D α

An inlaid cabinet with three barley twist columns

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €

An inlaid cabinet with three barley twist columns

Inlaid with various woods and ebonised wood. The doors concealing 15 drawers around a removable central compartment. Concealing numerous secret compartments. The lid hinged. On a newer frame. With older and younger restorations. H 105, W 101, D 53 cm, H with table 179.5cm.
Presumably Lower Franconia, late 17th C. / early 18th C.

Literature

Cf. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, vol. 1, Munich 1968, illus. 504.