Maria-Theresa Cabinet, 18th Century

Description

So-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century.

On … more So-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century.

On ball feet standing two-door coniferous corpus divisible by means of wedge connection with profiled plinth and cornice with attached cornice, as well as slanted pilaster strips. Walnut and burl veneered with marquetry in the form of field, ribbon and thread inlays of other precious woods.

Interior fitted with shelves and fully lined with fabric. Mirror attached to the inside of the left door.

Original lock and key.

Dimensions: 209 cm high, 190 cm (headboard) wide, 45 cm/ 58 cm (headboard) deep.

The cabinet was professionally restored. Among other things, veneer additions, veneer gluing, minor puttying and retouching, as well as cleaning of the surface and application of a shellac palm polish. Reproduction and assembly of missing profile strips on the base right and left. less