Lot 5194 - ibid150 Clocks & Furniture - online only - Tuesday, 01. April 2025, 04.30 PM
CYLINDER DESK WITH VITRINE UPPER SECTION
Louis XVI, Berne, ca. 1780. One drawer with the monogram J A on the back.
Walnut, burlwood, cherry, tulipwood and other woods inlaid in rectangular reserves, geometric fillets and rosettes. Rectangular body with a stepped cornice on a straight frame with pyramid legs. Set-back top with partially glazed door. Angled corner pilaster strips. Opening onto four drawers and a compartment (right), and onto a compartment and a drawer and later safe (left), the center section with three drawers and three compartments. The lower section with a cylinder lock combined with a pull-out writing tablet above three slightly protruding drawers. The cylinder opens onto four drawers and two compartments. The leaf lined with black oilcloth and with a slate inlay. Replaced gilt brass fittings. 6 keys.
127 × 72 (108) × 210 cm.
The piece of furniture on offer was presented at an auction at Galerie Fischer in Berne in 2008, where it was attributed to the well-known Bernese ebenist Johannes Äbersold on the basis of the stencilled monogram (Galerie Fischer Lucerne, auction November 12-17, 2008, Lot No. 3605).
Conditionreport:
- foot repaired<br>- repairs to the veneer<br>- losses and cracks<br>- slightly faded<br>- pine-cone ornament on top and laurel wreath probably later CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer's premium)