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3106

Berlin

Cupboard with writing desk from the time of Friedrich the Great – submission for the rank of master. Circa 1760/70

Solid oak, solid walnut, veneered onto oak, gilt; bronze fittings, gilt. 230 x 135 x 74 cm (90 ½ x 53 ⅛ x 29 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Berlin. Cupboard with writing desk from the time of Friedrich the Great – submission for the rank of master. Circa 1760/70.

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 18,000

USD 16,700

 

- 20,100

Sold for:

15,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

The Rohde-Hinze Collection 2 – Decorative Art, Saturday, 04.07.2015

Information

Solid oak, solid walnut, veneered onto oak, gilt; bronze fittings, gilt. 230 x 135 x 74 cm (90 ½ x 53 ⅛ x 29 ⅛ in.). On reverse of the base inscribed in paint: 63 H; on the writing surface: 83 H; label: Eisenbahn-Directions-Bezirk Magdeburg Berlin B.P.M; inscribed with blue chalk: 1779. Losses to the veneer, veneer split on the writing surface, cracks.

Comparable object and related literature: Achim Stiegel: Berlin Möbelkunst, Munich 2003, p. 55, ill. 14 (design for a submission for the rank of master, 1768) / cupboard with writing desk: submission for the rank of master by Joh. Christian Hamann, Berlin 1794, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Cologne.

Collection of the banker Eugen Julius Alenfeld (1861–1923), Magdeburg (Bankhaus E. Alenfeld & Co) / to his widow Elsa Josephine Alenfeld, born Schlesinger-Trier (1872–1941) / 1936 collection Frieda Hinze, Berlin / collection Elisabeth Rohde, Berlin

Auction catalogue: Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 24 April 1936, lot 157 (as Würzburger Barock-Schreibschrank), plate 2

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