Lot 400
SOUTH GERMAN FRUITWOOD, MARQUETRY AND LEATHER TABLE CABINET-ON-STAND
AUGSBURG / ULM, LATE 16TH / 17TH CENTURY; THE STAND 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Lots 336 - 597 | 05 September at 10am
Description
with a hinged top and fall front opening to reveal an arrangement of drawers around a central cupboard, all with geometric landscapes, the fall with a musical trophy, on a later stand with slides faced with green man masks, on a spindle turned trestle base
Dimensions
62cm wide, 125cm high, 41cm deep overall
Provenance
Provenance: Karen and the late Marc Ellington, Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire
Footnote
Note: Lorenz Stoer was born in Nuremberg and from 1577 was living in Augsburg; active as painter, draftsman, and printmaker, intarsia, and map designer his highly influential book Geometria et Perspectiva (Augsburg. 1567), comprised surreal images of polyhedra in landscapes of ruins for cabinetmakers working with inlaid wood.