Torkild Gallery
Rue Watteeu — 13
Watteeustraat
1000 Brussels
+32 475 44 96 43
www.torkild.com
info@torkild.com
Instagram : @torkild_worksofart
ABOUT
Gallery founded in 1994 after an extensive training with Bernard Steinitz in Paris, and Art History at Christie's in London. The gallery has an information center on furniture and specifically 17th century European cabinets. It also has a workshop for the restoration of quality furniture or materials such as tortoiseshell, horn, marquetry, copper, noble woods, ivory, etc. The gallery specializes in 17th century European cabinets and furniture and works of art in general..
A RARE AUGSBURG JEWELRY CABINET
Ebony, kingwood, and brass. All sides decorated.
Augsburg, 17th century. Four secret drawers.
Attributed to Ulrich BAUMGARTNER (1579 - 1652)
Dimensions :
Closed: 56 cm high x 46 cm large x 30,5 cm deep.
Open: 56 cm high x 70 cm large x 30,5 cm deep.
Marked “Eben” and Pineapple.
Literature :
-) "Die Geschichte des Augsburger Kabinettschranks", Dieter Alfter, 1986.
-) "Die Augsburger Kistler des 17. Jahrhunderts", Christine Cornet
Comparanda :
-) Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam
