Gründerzeit Chest of Drawers with White Marble, 1890

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This stylish oak sideboard with a marble top is stylistically classified as Historicist and dates from around 1880–1900. Elaborately crafted … Read more This stylish oak sideboard with a marble top is stylistically classified as Historicist and dates from around 1880–1900. Elaborately crafted with fluted joints, finely carved door panels, and a white marble top, it is a versatile piece of furniture with an elegant presence in any room. Historical Context: Sideboards and chests of drawers of this type served as functional furniture for dining rooms, parlors, or formal living areas in the late 19th century. They offered storage space for linens, dishes, or serving items and, in the Historicist period, combined practical use with decorative design, consciously incorporating architectural motifs such as framing, vertical divisions, and profiled plinths into furniture. Features: - Two-doored body with two shallow drawers in the upper section and an internal shelf - White marble top with a fine grain and carved door panels with ornamental relief work. Function: This piece of furniture originally served as a sideboard or storage cabinet for dining and living rooms. Today it is still suitable as a sideboard, small cabinet, or compact storage unit in the hallway, dining room, or living area. Dimensions in cm: Height 85 × Width 114 × Depth 52. Material and condition: Oak, marble, brass. Very good condition with age-related wear; the marble top has visible fine scratches and age-related marks. See less