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A rare Italian Renaissance coffer,

Lot No. 28 +

A rare Italian Renaissance coffer,


A rare Italian Renaissance coffer, - Collection Reinhold Hofstätter

Venice mid-15th century, rectangular walnut frame, four-part front with tracery panels (filigree carvings) surrounded by so-called certosino inlays, c. 85 x 210 x 63 cm, lid and base area from a later date, lid warped, age-related signs of wear.
The “alla certosina” work, made with wood dyed with hot oil and chemicals, was a popular technique in northern Italy. A typologically similar coffer is preserved at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich (inventory no. 69/47).

Cf. Lit.:
Franz Windisch Graetz, Möbel Europas p. 234, ill. 181, Verlag Klinkhardt und Biermann, Munich 1982. Augusto Pedrini, Il Mobilio, p. 80, ill. 206, Stringa Editore – Genoa 1969

Specialist: Alexander Doczy Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302

alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at

10.05.2017 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 26,101.-
Estimate:
EUR 18,000.- to EUR 22,000.-

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A rare Italian Renaissance coffer,


Venice mid-15th century, rectangular walnut frame, four-part front with tracery panels (filigree carvings) surrounded by so-called certosino inlays, c. 85 x 210 x 63 cm, lid and base area from a later date, lid warped, age-related signs of wear.
The “alla certosina” work, made with wood dyed with hot oil and chemicals, was a popular technique in northern Italy. A typologically similar coffer is preserved at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich (inventory no. 69/47).

Cf. Lit.:
Franz Windisch Graetz, Möbel Europas p. 234, ill. 181, Verlag Klinkhardt und Biermann, Munich 1982. Augusto Pedrini, Il Mobilio, p. 80, ill. 206, Stringa Editore – Genoa 1969

Specialist: Alexander Doczy Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302

alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at

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Auction: Collection Reinhold Hofstätter - Furniture and decorative Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 10.05.2017 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 05.05. - 10.05.2017


** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes(Country of delivery: Austria)

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