Rare half cupboard with free-standing full columns and half-moon-shaped central door.

Central or Northern Germany, around 1815/20.

Pearwood and unidentified burl wood veneered on softwood.

Columns and moldings in ebonized pearwood (blackened).

Feet added.

Original brass key sockets, one original lock, another added.

Literature for comparison: A very similar half cabinet, also with a rounded middle section and flanking full columns, can be found in Lux, Josef August, Empire and Biedermeier, 7th edition, Stuttgart 1930, plate 25, picture on the right.