Highlights
Double writing cabinet
- Artist
- Johann Puchwiser
- Locality
- Munich
- Date
- between 1704 and 1715
- Material
- Beech, spruce, oak, walnut, ebony, mahogany, rosewood, snakewood, copper, brass, tin, horn, tortoiseshell
- Dimensions
- H. 244 cm
- Location
- Gallery 34
- Inventory Number
- R 3891.1-4
- Acquisition
- Assigned from Schleissheim Palace in 1858. Restored with the support of The Getty Foundation, the Ernst von Siemens-Kunststiftung, the Eleonora-Schamberger-Stiftung and the Freundeskreis des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums e.V.
- Epoch
- Baroque and Rococo
- Categories
- Furniture
Description
This monumental showpiece cabinet with two writing compartments with fold-down desk tops on each side, revolving tabernacle with drawers in the middle and a top piece with clock was created together with a counterpart in contrasting colours for one of Elector Max Emanuel's palaces. The multi-coloured marquetry of this furniture consists of thin ornaments sawn out of brass and coloured tortoiseshell, stemming from a sea turtle that is strictly protected today. This characteristic surface design is the Bavarian adaptation of a luxurious furniture fashion typical of the court of Louis XIV known as the Boulle technique, named after the ebonist André-Charles Boulle.
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