The Lichtenberg Rococo bureau cabinet

Purchased by Gammel Estrup – Herregårdmuseet in June 2023. A large Danish Rococo bureau cabinet of walnut and giltwood with gilt bronze fittings, keyplates and handles, the top piece richly carved with rocaille and foliage, centered by the Lichtenberg coat of arms. The upper cabinet has two doors with facet cut mirror glass, behind which two colonnades with carved gilwood figures in each niche and two glass painted oval miniatures depicting on the left Gehrdt de Lichtenberg (b. 1697- d. 1764) and on the right his wife Bodil Hofgaard (b. 1711– d. 1795), above them a pair of glass plaques with their monograms with five-pointed crowns. Behind the colonnades are two rectangular painted scenes, oil on canvas, of Sorø Academy and Englesholm estate near Vejle, the doors are internally veneered with padauk parquetry. The middle section with slanted writing flap veneered with padauk, behind which drawers and a mirror cabinet leading to further secret drawers, the floor inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ebony veneer. Bombé shaped lower part with large drawers. Original sledge legs. Later bronzing on all giltwood parts. The bureau is marked with letters in black paint “No. 5”. C. 1760. H. 323 cm. W. 122 cm. D. 63 cm.

Furniture, clocks, silver, bronzes, porcelain & carpets, 30 November 2022

Antique Furniture

1,500,000–2,000,000 DKK