Caption

Chest of drawers, revindication provenance; decorated with roses, classicism style, vedute, geometric ornament, dolphins, eagles, rosettes; ca. 1790; Saxony; piece of furniture, storage piece; height 97 cm, width 143 cm, depth 62 cm., A wooden chest of drawers with a rectangular top and tapered legs, showing a rich brown wood grain with lighter and darker brown inlays and patterned marquetry; the front has three large drawers each with ornate metal handles in a dark metallic color and decorative keyhole escutcheons, and a narrower top drawer with small round metal knobs; the sides feature framed panel inlays and geometric border details in shades of brown and tan; the top surface shows irregularities in the wood tone and some darker brown areas; the overall colors visible are brown, tan, dark brown, and metallic gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_278

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Rights managed

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25.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 11.3in x 8.7in / 3391 x 2601 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chest drawers revindication provenance decorated roses classicism style vedute geometric ornament dolphins eagles rosettes ca 1790 Saxony piece furniture storage piece height 97 cm width 143 cm depth 62 cm wooden chest rectangular top tapered legs showing rich brown wood grain lighter darker brown inlays patterned marquetry front three large drawers ornate metal handles dark metallic color decorative keyhole escutcheons narrower top drawer small round metal knobs sides feature framed panel inlays geometric border details shades brown tan top surface irregularities wood tone darker brown areas colors visible dark brown metallic gray.