Caption

Casket, Repossession provenance. Sleigh, deer, hunters, hounds, riders. Baroque style. Cuboid case inlaid with figural scenes, with openwork brass fittings. Front wall of the body shows a deer hunt with dogs; lid has an oval field depicting a sleigh drawn by a deer. Interior: under the chamber floor are three drawers middle one smaller accessible after folding down the front wall. Lid contains a compartment closed with a plate on brass hinges. Fittings cut from thick brass sheet on lid edges and body corners. Bottom and back wall fastened with strap hinges with decorative openwork finials visible from back of lid and at bottom of front wall. Mortice-type lock with two catches mounted on bottom of lid. Date: 1720–1740. Place of origin: Germany. Furniture; storage furniture. Dimensions: height 21.6 cm, width 42.5 cm, depth 27.4 cm., A wooden box with a rectangular shape and a hinged lid, featuring a decorative metal plate at the center of the front and metal corner fittings; the front panel shows an inlaid scene with a reclining stag and a tree on a burled wood background in warm brown and golden-yellow tones, with reddish-brown framing and brass-colored decorative metalwork, and a small pale rectangular patch on the top right of the lid.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_335

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.6Mb (2.8Mb) / 12.8in x 12.9in / 3845 x 3869 (300dpi)

Keywords

Casket Repossession provenance Sleigh deer hunters hounds riders Baroque style Cuboid case inlaid figural scenes openwork brass fittings Front wall body deer hunt dogs lid oval field depicting sleigh drawn Interior under chamber floor three drawers middle smaller accessible folding down front wall Lid contains compartment closed plate brass hinges Fittings cut thick brass sheet lid edges body corners Bottom back wall fastened strap hinges decorative openwork finials visible back bottom Mortice-type lock two catches mounted Date 1720–1740 Place origin Germany Furniture storage furniture Dimensions height 21.6 cm width 42.5 cm depth 27.4 cm wooden box rectangular shape hinged lid featuring decorative metal plate center front metal corner fittings front panel inlaid scene reclining stag tree burled wood background warm brown golden-yellow tones reddish-brown framing brass-colored metalwork small pale rectangular patch top right lid.