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A GERMAN CHERRYWOOD, MAPLE AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
Lot 199

A GERMAN CHERRYWOOD, MAPLE AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POTSDAM

Closed1 April 2009

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EUR 6,250

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A GERMAN CHERRYWOOD, MAPLE AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POTSDAM
Overall with banded and crossbanded panels, the rounded rectangular top above a concave frieze and bombé drawer and two further drawers, the waved apron between cabriole legs, re-mounted
88 cm. high x 124 cm. wide x 57 cm. deep

Specialist note

With its unusual bombé-shaped outline and inwardly-curving sides and the fine marquetry details in tulipwood and fruitwood this commode can be compared with several examples from Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg and Neues Palais in Potsdam Sanssouci, shown in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, part II, Munich 1970, fig. 755, 757, 758.