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Ein nach Englischer art, neu inventirter Schreib-Tisch, in einem plaisanten Cabinet, mit nötigen und bequemen eingebogenen Schubladen versehen

Print
pre-1724 (designed), pre-1724 (published)
Artist/Maker
Johann Jakob Schübler (designed by)
Jeremias Wolff (published by)
Johann Balthasar Probst (designed under the direction of)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (designed)
Augsburg (published)

Engraved design for an ornate desk, featuring curved drawers and displaying an open book, located in the corner of a room between two opened windows.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleEin nach Englischer art, neu inventirter Schreib-Tisch, in einem plaisanten Cabinet, mit nötigen und bequemen eingebogenen Schubladen versehen (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Johann Jakob Schübler. Plate 2 of 6, from a suite of 24 (in 4 sets of 6), engravings of various furniture and interior designs. Augsburg, before 1724.
Physical description
Engraved design for an ornate desk, featuring curved drawers and displaying an open book, located in the corner of a room between two opened windows.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark length: 29.9cm
  • To plate mark width: 19.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Ein nach Englischer art, neu inventirter Schreib-Tisch, in einem plaisanten Cabinet, mit nötigen und bequemen eingebogenen Schubladen versehen. Lower-left: Ioh. Iacob Schübler. inv: del: Norimb. Lower-centre: Ieremias Wolff exc. Aug: Vind. Lower-right: C.P.S.C.M. Iohann Balthasar Probst direxit 2
Translation
A newly invented desk in the English style, in a pleasant room, provided with necessary and comfortable curved drawers.
Bibliographic reference
Berlin Staatlich Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 98. Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.427, 32 (3, 5). Nagler, G K, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, 22 vols, Munich, 1835, vol. XVI, p.38.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3680-1904

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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