ID: 572
Well-proportioned, delicate, classicist pillar chest of drawers.
On Request
Description
Saxony, probably Leipzig, around 1810/15.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood body. Maple band inlay on top, drawer fronts and original pointed legs.
Column shafts made of ebonized pearwood.
Original cast brass column bases and capitals; re-gilded.
key plates from the time the furniture was made; supplemented.
Original locks.
Literature for comparison:
This chest of drawers is pictured at Haaf, Rainer, Biedermeier-Welten. Germany and the Danube Monarchy, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 87, ill. 242.
Dimensions & Details
Height: 86 cm
Width: 58 cm
Depth: 40 cm
Width: 58 cm
Depth: 40 cm
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