On display

Bookcase

Okänd

Artist/Maker

Master: Okänd

DatesMade: Made 1795 - 1800

Material / Technique

Mahogany, ebony, rosewood, ormolu

Dimensionsh x w x d: Mått 158 x 88 x 41 cm

Inventory numberNMK 78/2003

AcqusitionPurchase 2003 Axel Hirsch Fund

Other titlesTitle (sv): Bokskåp Title (en): Bookcase

DescriptionDescription: This is one of several library cupboards that probably formed part of the furnishing of Sofia Albertina’s palace, today the Foreign Office, in Stockholm. Imbued with Classicism’s austere elegance its well-proportioned contours distinguish bearing and resting elements, and the veneers are allowed to outweigh its restrained decorative details. Once ascribed to Gustaf Adolph Ditzinger, the cupboard is now thought to have been made in Berlin c. 1800.

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Collection

Geographical origin

Geographical origin: Berlin (Germany)

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