Design for a Concave Corner Cabinet (Possibly Part of a Larger Wall-Covering Unit), ca. 1730–40 , Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash, watercolor, traces of ruled graphite lines, sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.8 x 24.5 cm), Anonymous, German, 18th century, Although at first sight this design for a cabinet may appear somewhat strange, a second view tells us that we’re looking at the somewhat flattened perspectival view of a concave corner cabinet. A very similar shaped example can be found in the secret library of the Benedictine monastery at Ottobeuren (Schwaben, Germany), where it is part of a larger wall unit dated 1730
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Design, Concave Corner Cabinet, Part, Larger Wall-Covering Unit, ca, 1730–40, Pen, black ink, brush, gray, brown wash, watercolor, traces, ruled graphite lines, sheet, 14 1/8 x 9 5/8, 35.8 24.5 cm, Anonymous, German, 18th century, first sight, design, cabinet, somewhat strange, second view tells, us, ’re looking, flattened, perspectival, view, concave corner, shaped example, secret library, Benedictine monastery, Ottobeuren, Schwaben, Germany, part, larger wall, unit, dated, 1730
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