Lot number 1827 - Auction 150
EMPIRE ECKSCHRANK

EMPIRE CORNER CABINET Denmark, circa 1820 Mahogany veneered on softwood. Height 214 cm, depth 73 cm. Label on the rear gable: 'Thorvald Nielsen Kobenhavn Antik Mobelkunst'. Quarter-circle body standing on a base frame with sawn-out board feet. Two doors in each of the lower and upper cabinets, slightly protruding cornice with pyramid-shaped gable, shelves behind the doors. Partially damaged, rest. Literature: See Internation Mobel Handbog, vol. III, Copenhagen, 1947, p. 137. Provenance: Purchased from Kunsthandel Karl Brunnarius, Obershagen, April 1990 - invoice available.