CURIOSITY DISPLAY CABINET IN SECOND ROCOCO STYLE | CENTRAL EUROPE (AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE / CZECH LANDS)

Date: historicism / second rococo (late 19th to early 20th century, ca. 1890 - 1910)

Technique: solid wood, veneer, black polish (ebonized wood), brass fittings and escutcheon, lock with key, glass panes (beveled front glass), internal glass shelf

Dimensions: 121 cm (height) and 39,5 × 39,5 cm (top plate dimensions)

Lot information:

Slim, elegant solitaire display case (display case for jewelry or small curiosities) on high legs in ebonized finish. This type of furniture was very popular in fin de siècle bourgeois interiors for displaying rare porcelain, glass or silver trinkets. Four-sided glass display case with front lockable doors. The doors are fitted with glass with a fine peripheral bevel and the original brass rococo lock plate. Inside there is one inserted glass shelf. The display case stands on four high, elegantly curved legs (cabriole), which are reinforced at the bottom and connected by a square shelf (trema).

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