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Dresden Court Carpenter

18th Century

Upright writing desk with mirror. Circa 1720/30

Solid walnut and nut wood veneer on pinewood; bronze fittings, gilt; bronze hinge strips and locks, gilt, engraved; mirror glass, facetted. 230 × 79 × 78 cm (90 ½ × 31 ⅛ × 30 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Dresden Court Carpenter. Upright writing desk with mirror. Circa 1720/30.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 25,000

USD 22,800

 

- 28,400

Sold for:

18,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Solid walnut and nut wood veneer on pinewood; bronze fittings, gilt; bronze hinge strips and locks, gilt, engraved; mirror glass, facetted. 230 × 79 × 78 cm (90 ½ × 31 ⅛ × 30 ¾ in.).

Related literature: Gisela Haase: Dresdner Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1993, p. 267, cat. no. 36 (corner commode, circa 1730)

Comparable object: corner commode, um 1730, Schloss Bärenstein, inv. no. 39 209 / writing desk from the workshop of Martin Schnell, circa 1725/30, Wilanów-Palast, Warschau, inv. no. Wil. 919.

Presumably Schloss Moritzburg / circa 1950 Enno von Marcard (1900–1993), Hamburg / estate

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