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Library cabinet, fantasy animals, columns, Biedermeier style, egg-shaped ornament, cabinet with straight sides and front, with a drawer at the top and bottom, single-leaf, supported by a high plinth with console legs. Entire unit veneered with mahogany. Columns in the front corners. Door leaf glazed, divided into two sections by a horizontal muntin. Finial features a triangular, flattened pediment and a stepped, two-stage canopy. Crowning cornice features a gilded egg-shaped pediment. Pediment features brass appliqués — two seahorses and a Medusa head missing. Three shelves inside. Steel pintle hinges. Mortise-type locks, single-bolt, with steel plates. Other fittings combined handle and lock plates not original. 1830–1840, Germany. Furniture; storage furniture. Height 167 cm, width 96.5 cm, depth 41 cm., A wooden display cabinet with a polished brown finish and visible wood grain, featuring a glass-fronted central section with a few interior shelves, a lower drawer, and decorative metal hardware in a gold tone. The cabinet has two rounded vertical columns flanking the glass, a stepped top with a small raised backboard, and a narrow decorative trim with a gold accent along the edges. The overall colors visible are brown wood tones, gold metal accents, and the dark grayish-black of the glass interior, set against a pale gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A10_380

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27.1Mb (1.4Mb) / 8.5in x 12.3in / 2560 x 3700 (300dpi)

Keywords

Library cabinet fantasy animals columns Biedermeier style egg-shaped ornament cabinet straight sides front drawer top bottom single-leaf supported high plinth console legs Entire unit veneered mahogany Columns front corners Door leaf glazed divided two sections horizontal muntin Finial features triangular flattened pediment stepped two-stage canopy Crowning cornice features gilded egg-shaped pediment Pediment features brass appliqués two seahorses Medusa head missing Three shelves inside Steel pintle hinges Mortise-type locks single-bolt steel plates fittings combined handle lock plates original 1830–1840 Germany Furniture storage furniture Height 167 cm width 96.5 cm depth 41 cm wooden display cabinet polished brown finish visible wood grain featuring glass-fronted central section interior shelves lower drawer decorative metal hardware gold tone two rounded vertical flanking glass stepped top small raised backboard narrow decorative trim gold accent edges colors visible brown wood tones gold metal accents dark grayish-black glass interior set pale gray background.