Chest of drawers, ca. 1740

Walnut, rosewood, fire-gilded bronze fittings

(H x W x D)83 x 120 x 60 cm

Place of originFrance

Status

not on display

About the workFrench furniture enjoyed great popularity throughout Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries due to its elegance. This was especially true for chests of drawers, which were derived from chests – as the name suggests – and developed into artistic showpieces. A characteristic feature of an example from this period is the “bombé” – a gentle, central protrusion of the front – as well as the gilded bronze fittings in rocaille form. These shell-like details were typical decorative elements of the French Rococo.

AccessionAcquisition 1934

Provenance[...]; o.D. Dipl.-Ing. A. Roeckerath [evtl. Anton Roeckerath (Köln 4.3.1876 - 14.4.1934)]; 30.10.1934 angekauft vom Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, Auktion Nr. 367 "Nachgelassene Kunstsammlung Dipl.-Ing. A. Roeckerath, Köln, , 18.-20.10.1934, Kat. Nr. 321, Tafel 14.

Inventory numberP 1934-34

Rococo

Contact

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