Josef Maria Olbrich, a music cabinet from a music room, Darmstadt, c. 1905
sycamore wood and pearl maple veneer, pearwood stained black; inlaid woods; upper superstructure with coffered doors and inlaid quatrefoil motifs; all-round black lacquered mouldings; hinged double door; interior with one shelf on each side, two drawers at the lower centre, and a larger shelf above; brass drawer handles with oval beaded borders; exterior fittings also made of brass with beaded borders; below the lockable cabinet area, one shelf curved in a semicircle at the front; upper strip in the shape of a fourfold alternating cube frieze; coffered strip with black trim below and above; surmounted by a smaller stepped top; the upper part is supported by two angular pilasters, the end is formed by a triple black plinth with coffered mouldings; base plate with four black fluted feet; one key; lateral supports missing; signs of age and use; professionally restored; height 150 cm, width 125 cm, depth 47.8 cm. (MP)
Literature:
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, p. 195.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
07.06.2023 - 15:39
- Estimate:
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EUR 7,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 7,000.-
Josef Maria Olbrich, a music cabinet from a music room, Darmstadt, c. 1905
sycamore wood and pearl maple veneer, pearwood stained black; inlaid woods; upper superstructure with coffered doors and inlaid quatrefoil motifs; all-round black lacquered mouldings; hinged double door; interior with one shelf on each side, two drawers at the lower centre, and a larger shelf above; brass drawer handles with oval beaded borders; exterior fittings also made of brass with beaded borders; below the lockable cabinet area, one shelf curved in a semicircle at the front; upper strip in the shape of a fourfold alternating cube frieze; coffered strip with black trim below and above; surmounted by a smaller stepped top; the upper part is supported by two angular pilasters, the end is formed by a triple black plinth with coffered mouldings; base plate with four black fluted feet; one key; lateral supports missing; signs of age and use; professionally restored; height 150 cm, width 125 cm, depth 47.8 cm. (MP)
Literature:
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, p. 195.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 07.06.2023 - 15:39 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.06. - 07.06.2023 |