Delicate, classicist chest of drawers with a curved front and fine, enamelled fittings.

Manufactory Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann, Leipzig, around 1790/1800.

Light and dark mahogany wood veneered on a softwood body.

Pilaster column shafts probably ebonized pearwood.

One foot (hind foot) added.

Original fittings (partly with remains of gilding) in yellow cast iron. Partially pressed brass sheet

Pull rings with polychrome enamelled base plates.

Box locks historic, but supplemented.

Literature for comparison:

A chest of drawers by Hoffmann that is quite similar in style and layout can be found in: Sulzbacher, Michael; Atzig, Peter, Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann, Dresden 2014. Exhibition catalog on the occasion of the exhibition: Most elegant carpentry work from Leipzig. F.G. Hoffmann court carpenter and entrepreneur. November 29, 2014-12. April 2015. p. 82 and description p. 83.