Dainty Demi-Lune half cabinet on high, flared legs.
Franconia, around 1820.
Selected grained walnut veneer veneered on softwood.
Original, high pointed legs in solid walnut.
Original inlaid ebonized wood entry key plate and authentic brass pull knob.
Delicate pillar half cabinet with convex curved door, concealed base drawer and lockable head drawer.
Central Germany, probably Berlin, around 1825/30.
Pyramid mahogany and mahogany veneered on oak and softwood.
One castle original, another added.
Delicate Semanière in preserved original condition. Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, design and execution attributed to his manufactory.
Design and implementation attributed to Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, Vienna, around 1825.
Vertically mirrored cherry wood veneer veneered on a softwood body.
The three-quarter columns are veneered in cherry wood in a corkscrew-like manner.
Columns partially structured with mahogany band inlays.
Original, turned feet.
Drawer front pieces veneered on the inside with maple veneer.
Two original steel cut keys. Heart shaped entry key plates brass.
Original locks with finely crafted file line borders.
See design drawing for a Semanière (weekly chest of drawers) from Danhauser’s hand: “Chifonier No. 14”, inventory number KI 8971-1108, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. This is also a seven-drawer semanière with the same treatment of the final profile of the cover page
Museum-quality Biedermeier chest of drawers with fine, floral gold painting.
Franconia, around 1820.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood body.
Blackened parts of ebonized pearwood. Original column bases turned lime wood, regilded. carved, Corinthian capitals made of lime wood. Original gilding partially ignored.
Original pointed feet.
Original locks with an original key.
Literature for comparison: A very similar Biedermeier chest of drawers, also with floral paintings, is shown in Pressler, Rudolf; Döbner, Stefan; Eller, Wolfgang; Biedermeier furniture, Munich 2001, p. 88, fig. 20.
Literature for comparison:
This chest of drawers can be found at Haaf, Rainer, Biedermeier-Welten. Germany and the Danube Monarchy, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 59, fig. 103.
Exceptional, free-standing Biedermeier pillar cabinet with carrying handles.
Preserved original condition.
Rhineland, around 1830.
Cherry wood veneered on pine, poplar and oak. Original, partially blackened pointed legs. Original fittings and pull knobs.
Dainty Biedermeier Demi-Lune low cabinet.
Probably Mainz, around 1825.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood.
Original locks and keys.
Authentic shelf.
Exceptionally delicate Biedermeier chest of drawers.
Thuringia, around 1830.
Cherry and maple (intarsia) veneered on softwood. Original, inlaid key plates with arabesque ornamentation.
Original tapered legs with thread inlays.
Authentic mortise locks.
Delicate, classicist chest of drawers with spring drawer.
Schleswig-Holstein, around 1770/80.
Solid rosewood and veneered on an oak body and partially softwood.
Original console feet.
Original brass column bases and capitals and key plate in predominantly original gilding,
Authentic locks and springs behind the head drawer embedded in the dresser frieze.
Delicate Biedermeier half cabinet with a semicircular middle section.
Baden, around 1815/20.
Selected beautiful walnut grain veneer veneered on a softwood body.
Original block feet.
Original shelf.
Original column bases and capitals; Key plates added.
Elaborate push rod lock to lock the middle door. Drawer lock added.
Well-proportioned, delicate, classicist pillar chest of drawers.
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.
