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| BIEDERMEIER ARMOIRES AND VITRINES A167 | |
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A pair of superb quality Viennese Biedermeier armoires, Exemplary for combining simplicity and elegance. Pearwood on pine and oak, ebonized. Panelled with hairlines and escutcheons inlaid with maple. Socle with a drawer over block feet. Cornice with Schinkel pediment. Original catches and locks. Before 1825. Vienna. 72" - 77 1/2" h, 45" - 47 1/2" w, 21" d Reference: Figs. 9, 20 and page 123, catalog "Biedermeier: The Invention of Simplicity" (recent exhibition in Milwaukee). |
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