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Casket, repossession provenance; sleigh, deer, hunters, hounds, riders; Baroque style; cuboid case inlaid with figural scenes, with openwork brass fittings. Front of body: scene of a deer hunt with dogs; lid: oval field showing a sleigh drawn by a deer. Inside the body, beneath 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 placed 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 rectangular wooden panel with a warm brown and golden-brown grain, bordered by darker brown framing and decorative brass fittings at the corners and along the edges; at the center is an oval medallion in a slightly lighter golden-brown wood tone containing an inlaid scene of a seated human figure holding flowing ribbons and facing a leaping stag, with stylized foliage and a small flying bird above; the brass fittings have ornate, curving cutout patterns and a small round knob at the bottom edge; the overall palette includes shades of golden brown, rich brown, dark brown, and brassy yellow.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A10_331

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (5.0Mo) / 50.8cm x 33.9cm / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Casket repossession provenance sleigh deer hunters hounds riders Baroque style cuboid case inlaid figural scenes openwork brass fittings Front body scene deer hunt dogs lid oval field showing sleigh drawn Inside beneath chamber floor three drawers middle smaller accessible folding down front wall Lid contains compartment closed plate brass hinges Fittings cut thick brass sheet placed 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 rectangular wooden panel warm brown golden-brown grain bordered darker brown framing decorative brass fittings corners edges center oval medallion slightly lighter golden-brown wood tone containing inlaid scene seated human figure holding flowing ribbons facing leaping stag stylized foliage small flying bird brass fittings ornate curving cutout patterns small round knob bottom edge palette includes shades golden brown rich brown dark brown brassy yellow.