Lot 1757 D α

A small South German chest

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €

A small South German chest

Walnut, maple and bog oak veneer on conifer corpus, wrought iron mountings. Rectangular coffer with flat, hinged lid resting on compressed bun feet. The front divided into two inlaid panels and with further marquetry decorating the sides. Minor shrinkage cracks to the veneer. H 20.5, W 35.5, D 18 cm.
Around 1600.

Provenance

Grothe collection.

Literature

Illus. in Wiewelhove (ed.), Kostbar und geheimnisvoll... Miniaturmöbel und Schatzkästchen Sammlung Grothe, Bielefeld 2003, no. 20.