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Lot 85 | Johann Friedrich und Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler | SIGNIFICANT WOODEN SECRETAIRE À TROIS CORPS WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THOSE OF BRANDENSTEIN
Estimate
20.000
- 30.000
€
D
Result:
(incl. premium)
46.200 €
SIGNIFICANT WOODEN SECRETAIRE À TROIS CORPS WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THOSE OF BRANDENSTEIN.
Spindler, Johann Friedrich und Heinrich Wilhelm. Potsdam.
Date: Ca. 1765.
Technique: Softwood corpus. Walnut, walnut root wood, maple, birch burr, mother of pearl amongst others. Fruit woods veneered. Original fire-gilt bronze fittings.
Description: Slightly curved chest of drawers with two drawers sans traverse on high, slightly flared legs. The frame is extended in an apron shape and curved to fit. A curved cartouche running across both drawers in the centre, containing a large floral arrangement with tulips, bluebells and others. On the chest of drawers with a tray-like extended edge, a writing attachment with two drawers one above the other on each side and a central writing flap. Two cartouches with shepherd's idylls in flap symmetry. The tabernacle top with a wide, continuous drawer and three smaller drawers on each side above it. The slightly arched tabernacle door with Neptune and naiads is in the centre. The pediment-shaped rising headboard in the centre bears the coat of arms of the von Brandenstein family with a wolf carrying a goose in its mouth.
Measurement: Ca. 210x126x68cm.
Mark: Verso old sticky note with handwritten illegible notes.
Provenance:
Corporate collection Münsterland. Acquired from Antiquitäten Neidhardt, Munich, 1984.
Literature:
Kreisel, Heinrich: Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, volume 2, Munich 1970. On the type of the intarsia decor see the chests ill.790, 791, 793.
Spindler, Johann Friedrich und Heinrich Wilhelm. Potsdam.
Date: Ca. 1765.
Technique: Softwood corpus. Walnut, walnut root wood, maple, birch burr, mother of pearl amongst others. Fruit woods veneered. Original fire-gilt bronze fittings.
Description: Slightly curved chest of drawers with two drawers sans traverse on high, slightly flared legs. The frame is extended in an apron shape and curved to fit. A curved cartouche running across both drawers in the centre, containing a large floral arrangement with tulips, bluebells and others. On the chest of drawers with a tray-like extended edge, a writing attachment with two drawers one above the other on each side and a central writing flap. Two cartouches with shepherd's idylls in flap symmetry. The tabernacle top with a wide, continuous drawer and three smaller drawers on each side above it. The slightly arched tabernacle door with Neptune and naiads is in the centre. The pediment-shaped rising headboard in the centre bears the coat of arms of the von Brandenstein family with a wolf carrying a goose in its mouth.
Measurement: Ca. 210x126x68cm.
Mark: Verso old sticky note with handwritten illegible notes.
Provenance:
Corporate collection Münsterland. Acquired from Antiquitäten Neidhardt, Munich, 1984.
Literature:
Kreisel, Heinrich: Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, volume 2, Munich 1970. On the type of the intarsia decor see the chests ill.790, 791, 793.
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VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
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Stock Id: 80222-1