Lot 313
Lot 313
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Treasures of a Storied Manhattan Collection
A GERMAN MAHOGANY AND TÔLE PEINTE INSET SECTRETAIRE A ABBATANT

BY FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB HOFMANN, CIRCA 1800

Price Realised USD 40,000
Estimate
USD 30,000 - USD 50,000
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A GERMAN MAHOGANY AND TÔLE PEINTE INSET SECTRETAIRE A ABBATANT

BY FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB HOFMANN, CIRCA 1800

Price Realised USD 40,000
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Price Realised USD 40,000
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Details
The vaulted pediment above a drawer and lift-front panel enclosing small drawers and pigeonholes, with two cabinet doors below, the pediment inset with a circular jasperware medallion
73 in. (185.5 cm.) high, 4334 in. (111 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Pelham Galleries, London, October 2007.
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Lot Essay

Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann (1741–1806) was a Leipzig cabinet maker and was the first cabinet maker in a German speaking country to publish an illustrated catalogue of his works, the first published in 1789 and the second in 1795. A nearly identical cabinet with polychrome painted panels was included in a retrospective exhibit of Hoffman’s work at the Grassimuseum in Leipzig in 2014.

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