Hamburg Schapp Cabinet, 18th Century

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18th-century Hamburg cabinet. Walnut veneered on oak.

Dismountable two-door body. Triple-cranked profiled base cabinet on ball feet with a large … Read more 18th-century Hamburg cabinet. Walnut veneered on oak.

Dismountable two-door body. Triple-cranked profiled base cabinet on ball feet with a large drawer divided by a central risalit and two faux drawers. The central section is divided by three Corinthian pilasters, whose carved capitals end below the cornice. Two doors with longitudinally oval, multi-profiled, offset, tapered cushion panels. Projecting profiled cornice. Possibly missing carved central cartouche. Cushion panels also on the sides of the cabinet.

Original lock and key. Newer fittings.

Added shelf inside.
Old wormholes present (see pictures), but nothing active.

Dimensions:

232 cm high, 220 cm/240 cm wide, 70 cm/85 cm deep

Interior: 125 cm/163 cm high, 165 cm/200 cm wide, 59 cm deep

Restored to a condition ready for use. The following restoration work was carried out, among other things: veneer additions and gluing down loose veneers on all visible sides, filling drying cracks and applying veneers, adding two profile strips, filling a drying crack in the base plate, retouching and straightening the warped base plate, restoration of drawer function, re-doweled all drawer bottom boards, re-glued drawer front, largely dismantled base at the bottom and re-glued it structurally, Pedestal feet re-doweled and glued, cleaning of all surfaces, filling work on all surfaces, retouching work on all surfaces, surface finishing with shellac.

Comparable models can also be found in museums, such as the Cultural History Museum in Stralsund.

In the second half of the 18th century, the first "Schapp" cabinets were created in northern Germany for the hallways of wealthy merchants and citizens. The new design feature of so-called "cushions," which originated in Holland and were used as fillings for doors, cabinet sides, and drawer fronts, became popular in the Hanseatic region and then throughout Germany. The Schapp became increasingly popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and replaced the bridal chest. The Hamburg Schapp model became particularly well known, but so did those from Lübeck and Danzig. For the first time, a local type of cabinet was also adopted in other regions while retaining its name.



Literature:

Dobler, Uwe: Barockmöbel. Bürgerliche Möbel aus zwei Jahrhunderten (Baroque Furniture: Middle-Class Furniture from Two Centuries), Augsburg 1992, p. 93.

Schatt, Christian: Barock- und Rokoko-Möbel. Mobiliar aus Bürgerhäusern und Herrensitzen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Baroque and Rococo Furniture: Furniture from Middle-Class Houses and Manor Houses of the 17th and 18th Centuries), Munich 2000, pp. 45-48.

Schwarze, Wolfgang: Antique German Furniture. Bourgeois and Rustic Furniture in Germany from 1700-1840, Wuppertal 1975, p. 14. See less