Cabinet, Germany, Nürnberg, 2nd half 18th century

walnut, marquetery,

measurements: 216,0 x 188,0 x 70,0 cm

This cabinet veneered with walnut and decorated with an elaborately marquetery as well as full columns on both sides belongs to the representative furniture. Therefore, such a cabinet often stood in the lobby where it immediately recalled its owner’s wealth and importance.

 

Literature: G. Nagel, Möbel, Battenberg Antiquitäten-Katalog, München 1977, p. 159, fig. 334.