Live Auction 2593Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A NORTH GERMAN BOARDED OAK CUPBOARD
Lot 173

A NORTH GERMAN BOARDED OAK CUPBOARD

CIRCA 1500, WESTPHALIAN

Closed2 November 2011

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GBP 4,375

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A NORTH GERMAN BOARDED OAK CUPBOARD
CIRCA 1500, WESTPHALIAN
Of small size, the door with central roundel and heart-shaped pull, each upright with rope-twist, linenfold and 'Katherine wheel' roundels, the sides with carrying handles, traces of red paint, strap hinges
38 in. (97 cm.) high; 42½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 15¼ in. (39 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This cupboard shares distinctive features with a group of five cupboards in Flensburg Museum and illustrated in Otto von Falke Deutsche Mobel des Mittelalters & der Renaissance, 1924, pages 81-83. The door roundel, the Katherine wheel-type roundel and the linenfold device all appear in various combinations in this group.