A Dresden mirrored cabinet
A Dresden mirrored cabinet
Walnut, maple, ebony, and plum veneer on softwood, the interior presumably veneered in elm, ormolu mountings, iron locks, facetted mirror. Lower section comprising a chest with two rows of four drawers beneath a two-doored upper section with mirrors and a curved top. Both sections with carrying handles to the sides. Restored; the upper section offset; some mountings and presumably the locks replaced; subsequent losses. H ca. 225, W 155, D 67 cm.
Mid-18th C.
Literature
Cf. Haase, Dresdener Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1983, no. 111 f.
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A Dresden mirrored cabinet
Walnut, maple, ebony, and plum veneer on softwood, the interior presumably veneered in elm, ormolu mountings, iron locks, facetted mirror. Lower section comprising a chest with two rows of four drawers beneath a two-doored upper section with mirrors and a curved top. Both sections with carrying handles to the sides. Restored; the upper section offset; some mountings and presumably the locks replaced; subsequent losses. H ca. 225, W 155, D 67 cm.
Mid-18th C.
Literature
Cf. Haase, Dresdener Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1983, no. 111 f.
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