Lot 630 D α

A pair of rare glazed display cabinets

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A pair of rare glazed display cabinets

Softwood painted in ochre camaieu on ivory coloured ground, oak, glass. Of trapezoid section with curved rocaille aprons, glazed on all sides, the angles designed as palm fronds. Minor breakages and retouches. H 67.5, W 57, D 23 cm.
Possibly Rhenish, circle / follower of François de Cuvilliés the Elder, mid-18th C.

Literature

Cf. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, 2 vols., Munich 1970, illus. 469 ff., for François de Cuvillié's works in Schloss Falkenlust in Brühl.