AN AUGSBURG SILVER-MOUNTED AND IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE CABINET

CIRCA 1641

细节

AN AUGSBURG SILVER-MOUNTED AND IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE CABINET
Circa 1641
The rectangular case with geometric stringing and pierced mounts to each angle, to the front with an architectural construction with a central recess with a maiden being bitten by a serpent, flanked by three-quarter detached columns, enclosing four variously-sized drawers and surmounted by a balustraded balcony, flanked by eight short drawers each with an escutcheon of a grotesque mask and above a long breakfront drawer simulated as three drawers, the breakfront with two coats-of-arms of the Family of Werninghausen and Schreckinger Von Haslach, the sides with caryatid handles centred by a crowned eagle and on claw feet, dated '1641' above the central door, the line-inlay to the right hand side is slightly different to the top and the left hand side
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 12 in. (13.5 cm.) deep

来源

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 3 July 1980, lot 57.

出版

M. Riccardi-Cubitt, The Art of the Cabinet, London, 1992, p. 190, fig. 44.

拍场告示

The depth is 12 in. (30.5 cm.).

拍品专文

The arms are those of Werminghausen (called Clusenstein) and Schreckinger von Haslach.

Augsburg was probably the most renowned centre for cabinet-making in the 17th Century, mounting precious materials such as ivory, tortoiseshell and ebony with silver or gold. This table cabinet, although less elaborately mounted, relates to that sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1990, lot 43 ($ 126,500).