Lot 312 D α

A cupboard from a music room by Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867 - 1908)

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 15:00 - Berlin Salon
Estimate: 18.000 € - 25.000 €

A cupboard from a music room
by Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867 - 1908)

Mahogany, alder and other solid woods, ebonised wood, veneered with plane, burr elm, palisder, box, ebony, satinwood, mahogany and mother-of-pearl, brass mountings. H 160.5 cm, W 139.5 cm, D 54 cm.
Attributed to Möbelfabrik Glückert, Darmstadt, around 1905.

Provenance

From an important European private collection.

Literature

A further example (possibly the prime version) in the städtischen Kunstsammlungen Darmstadt in cat. Joseph M. Olbrich 1867 - 1908, Darmstadt 1983, cat. no. 351.
The accompanying desk in the Victoria & Albert Museum London, acc. no. W.59:1 to 3-1981.