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Nr. 181 (April 1908)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: On some old cupboards in austrian collections
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20777#0224
Old Cupboards
St. John, the Holy Virgin and Angels. The carv-
ing which forms the pediment is exquisitely done.
Turning to the illustrations of domestic cup-
boards, that illustrated in Fig. 5 is from the Rhine
Provinces, and is late Gothic. It is widely
different from those which have been described.
The lines are well proportioned, the ornamentation
so arranged as to form a screen, and the effect of
design and colouring is harmonious. The next
illustration (Fig. 6) shows a richer and more varied
ornamentation than the last, though the two are of
about the same date. No two of the carved panels
seem to be quite alike, and yet there is sufficient
general similarity to make-an agreeable] harmony.
All the panels are carried out in chipped carving,
a still favourite mode in the Alpine lands, where
wood carving has flourished for
generations.
In the Figdor Collection are
several cupboards of Tyrolese
Gothic design which were origin-
ally in Schloss Annaberg in the
Vintschgau. For some forty years
they were at Augsburg in the
Soyter Collection, whence the
brothers Figdor acquired them.
Among these is the cupboard
shown in Fig. 7. It is a fine
specimen of Tyrolese joinery and
of handsome and symmetrical pro-
portions. The markings of the
wood are singularly beautiful.
The carving of the frieze and pedi-
ment shows Italian influence. In
Fig. 8 is illustrated the front of a
wall cupboard, which likewise
came from Schloss Annaberg. It
bears a very martial appearance
with its flanking towers, but its
dimensions are small, the height
being less than two feet.
The door in Fig. 10 is from
Schloss Taufers in Tyrol, and bears
an inscription. The frieze depicts
a forest scene, with a stag and its
young and leaping hares, a more
or less conventional design, like the
vine which furnishes the motif for
the carving at the bottom.
Besides Tyrolese and German
Gothic the Figdor Collection also
contains equally rare specimens
from other lands. Fig. 9
shows one of the wings of an
Italian door formerly belonging
to the ducal palace of Federigo da
Montefeltre di Gubbio, Duke of
Urbino; the two wings of the
other door, exactly like the one
here reproduced, are in the Frie-
drich Museum in Berlin. Its
date is 1500. The wood is of a
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FIG. II.—CUPBOARD FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LAKE CONSTANCE
early i6th century. (Figdor Collection)
St. John, the Holy Virgin and Angels. The carv-
ing which forms the pediment is exquisitely done.
Turning to the illustrations of domestic cup-
boards, that illustrated in Fig. 5 is from the Rhine
Provinces, and is late Gothic. It is widely
different from those which have been described.
The lines are well proportioned, the ornamentation
so arranged as to form a screen, and the effect of
design and colouring is harmonious. The next
illustration (Fig. 6) shows a richer and more varied
ornamentation than the last, though the two are of
about the same date. No two of the carved panels
seem to be quite alike, and yet there is sufficient
general similarity to make-an agreeable] harmony.
All the panels are carried out in chipped carving,
a still favourite mode in the Alpine lands, where
wood carving has flourished for
generations.
In the Figdor Collection are
several cupboards of Tyrolese
Gothic design which were origin-
ally in Schloss Annaberg in the
Vintschgau. For some forty years
they were at Augsburg in the
Soyter Collection, whence the
brothers Figdor acquired them.
Among these is the cupboard
shown in Fig. 7. It is a fine
specimen of Tyrolese joinery and
of handsome and symmetrical pro-
portions. The markings of the
wood are singularly beautiful.
The carving of the frieze and pedi-
ment shows Italian influence. In
Fig. 8 is illustrated the front of a
wall cupboard, which likewise
came from Schloss Annaberg. It
bears a very martial appearance
with its flanking towers, but its
dimensions are small, the height
being less than two feet.
The door in Fig. 10 is from
Schloss Taufers in Tyrol, and bears
an inscription. The frieze depicts
a forest scene, with a stag and its
young and leaping hares, a more
or less conventional design, like the
vine which furnishes the motif for
the carving at the bottom.
Besides Tyrolese and German
Gothic the Figdor Collection also
contains equally rare specimens
from other lands. Fig. 9
shows one of the wings of an
Italian door formerly belonging
to the ducal palace of Federigo da
Montefeltre di Gubbio, Duke of
Urbino; the two wings of the
other door, exactly like the one
here reproduced, are in the Frie-
drich Museum in Berlin. Its
date is 1500. The wood is of a
205
FIG. II.—CUPBOARD FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LAKE CONSTANCE
early i6th century. (Figdor Collection)