Lot 933 D α

A bombé form chest of drawers

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €

A bombé form chest of drawers

A walnut veneered cabinet with replaced bronze and brass mountings and iron locks. With four drawers and short scroll supports, the front and top decorated with diaper pattern inlays. The apron replaced. H 81.5, W 127.5, D 70 cm.
Attributed to North Germany / Baltic Coast, third quarter 18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Copenhagen.

Literature

For similarly unusual bombé form cabinets, cf.: Kreisel Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, vol. 2, Munich 1970, illus. 851, 862 f.