Meisterlicher, deutscher Barockschrank
Augsburg, c. 1730, demountable softwood body, with walnut veneer, richly decorated with mouldings, some with projecting corners, and raised moulded panels, angled pilaster strips with pilaster decoration and cover strip, carved composite capitals, two doors and two base drawers to the front, cornice with multiple mouldings, flattened bun feet, stamped: GÜT in the small central panel above the door, lock, key, 224 x 220 x 85 cm, beautiful, well-maintained overall condition, one panel with a small shrinkage crack. (MIN)
The stamp is an inspection mark of the Augsburg joiners' guild on masterworks, in accordance with the provisions of the Augsburg Kistlerordnung of 1669.
Prov.:
Formerly in the possession of the Barons von Rehlingen, Schloss Hainhofen near Augsburg.
Cf. Lit.:
Kreisel/Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, vol. 1, Munich 1981, 3rd edition, p. 245 f.
Specialist: Günther Minichreiter
Augsburg, c. 1730, demountable softwood body, with walnut veneer, richly decorated with mouldings, some with projecting corners, and raised moulded panels, angled pilaster strips with pilaster decoration and cover strip, carved composite capitals, two doors and two base drawers to the front, cornice with multiple mouldings, flattened bun feet, stamped: GÜT in the small central panel above the door, lock, key, 224 x 220 x 85 cm, beautiful, well-maintained overall condition, one panel with a small shrinkage crack. (MIN)
The stamp is an inspection mark of the Augsburg joiners' guild on masterworks, in accordance with the provisions of the Augsburg Kistlerordnung of 1669.
Prov.:
Formerly in the possession of the Barons von Rehlingen, Schloss Hainhofen near Augsburg.
Cf. Lit.:
Kreisel/Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, vol. 1, Munich 1981, 3rd edition, p. 245 f.
Specialist: Günther Minichreiter
