Collecting Across Continents
Collecting Across Continents
A Small South German Late Renaissance Steel-Mounted Oak and Ashwood Marquetry Table Cabinet, Probably Augsburg or Ulm, Late 16th/Early 17th Century
Lot Closed
October 19, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Small South German Late Renaissance Steel-Mounted Oak and Ashwood Marquetry Table Cabinet, Probably Augsburg or Ulm, Late 16th/Early 17th Century
The fall-front enclosing three drawers, inlaid with scrolling strapwork to the interior, the swing handle and upper corner mounts etched with strapwork and with traces of gilding.
height 10½in.; width 13 in.; depth 10½in.
26.6 cm; 33 cm; 26.7 cm
Alcalá Subastas, Madrid, 12 June 2018, lot 766
Comparative Literature:
R. Baarsen, German Furniture, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1998, pp. 6-15.
R. Baarsen, German Furniture, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1998, pp. 6-15.
This small cabinet with it's delicate marquetry is a fine example of the distinctive type of cabinet which emanated from Augsburg in the second half of the 16th century. This form of cabinet was intended to be portable and as a means of storing valuables, and its roots are in the Spanish vargueños which were imported into Central Europe under the Habsburg influence.
They were considered a luxury item. According to Baarsen, op. cit., `From the mid-16th century onwards marquetry flourished in this city, fostered by the availability of many indigenous woods and the rapid evolution of new production techniques'.
They were considered a luxury item. According to Baarsen, op. cit., `From the mid-16th century onwards marquetry flourished in this city, fostered by the availability of many indigenous woods and the rapid evolution of new production techniques'.