Large Baroque plank cabinet in walnut and walnut burl, veneered and inlaid with plum wood, ivory and engraved pewter. Straight, rectangular and architecturally structured body on a wide plinth and canted feet. Two large doors with cushion-like bastion fillings in the articulated front, flanked by conical pilasters with Corinthian capitals carved in relief. In the centre, each with a figurative inlay as an allegory of hope and the abundance of peace under canopies. Above a projecting, heavily moulded cornice. Wide framed veneer panels covering the entire surface, bordered by band inlays. Inscribed "v. Schorler N. 76" inside the plinth and roof. H. 227 cm. 228 cm x 77.5 cm. CITES certificate available. From 1685, the Brunswick guild demanded the wardrobe as a "wardrobe according to architecture" as a masterpiece. Wardrobes of this type placed particularly high demands on the technical skills of a journeyman and were extremely expensive, both in terms of materials and the approximately one-year labour involved. Cf: Kreisel: Die Kunst des deutschen Möbel II, p. 61f. and Andrea Schneider fig. p. 70 and p. 78. A large Brunswick walnut veneered Baroque cabinet with marquetry of plumwood, ivory and carved tin. CITES included. Brunswick. Circa 1740.