around 1740
Walnut, plum, yew, birch vein
The elegantly curved front and the rounded corners are decorated with rich strapwork, thoroughly characteristic of the high-quality furniture art of Austria in the mid-18th century.
The original, gilt key plates are worked in fine Régence-ornamentation, influenced by the Viennese goldsmith's art of their time.
Provenance: Art trade of Josef Bierstorfer, Munich, shown in the catalog of the 14th Munich Art and Antiques Fair, 1969, p. 131.
Literature: Heinrich Kreisel and Georg Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, part II, Spätbarock und Rokoko, Munich 1983, pp. 226-227, figs. 683-685.
Height: 245 cm, width: approx. 200 cm, depth: 70 cm