A German gilt-bronze mounted walnut and fruitwood bureau-cabinet. The parquetry-inlaid upper section enclosing a painted shelved interior over a conforming fall, and two banded drawers, with shaped apron, on angular cabriole legs. Circle of Abraham Roetgen, Rhineland, possibly Coblenz, 1750 circa.
A German gilt-bronze mounted walnut and fruitwood bureau-cabinet. The parquetry-inlaid upper section enclosing a painted shelved interior over a conforming fall, and two banded drawers, with shaped apron, on angular cabriole legs. Circle of Abraham Roetgen, Rhineland, possibly Coblenz, 1750 circa.
Provenance
For generations in the same German family with an artistic lineage bear Koblenz, the last two generations in the UK after moving in the Second World War.
Literature
Joseph Maria Gerber, Abraham Roetgen, Vol.II, 1980, n.137. For a related following
lower example with almost identical dimensions, 1751-53.
Detail Description
German gilt-bronze mounted walnut and fruitwood bureau-cabinet.
The parquetry-inlaid upper section enclosing a painted shelved interior over a
conforming fall, and two banded drawers, with shaped apron, on angular cabriole
legs.
Circle of Abraham Roetgen, Rhineland, possibly Coblenz, 1750 circa.
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