BIEDERMEIER STOOLS & BENCHES BE248
BIEDERMEIER STOOLS & BENCHES BE248

An important pair of stools attributed to Anton Bembe. Walnut on pine. Lyre-shaped upper part with swollen fluted stretchers, padded drop-in seat. Corresponding lyre-shaped lower part. Palmette woodcarvings, turned swollen stretcher. Mainz (S. Germany), circa 1830/35.
20/23" h, 23" w, 15 1/4" d.
Reference: Dr. Heidrun Zinnkann, dissertation "Mainzer Moebelschreiner der ersten Haelfte des 19.jahrhunderts" - W. Knussmann, W. Kimbel, A. Bembe, the 3 leading Mainz Biedermeier cabinetmakers - (Mainz cabinetmakers from the lst half of the 19th century), Frankfurt, 1985.



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