FINE DUTCH LOUIS XVI METAMORPHIC SERVING COMMODE: ("OPFLAPTAFEL" or "
KLAPBUFFET"*)
The Netherlands, last quarter of the 18th century
A rectilinear lift-top* with shaped canted corners and integral fluted frieze opening to display two folding shelves,
over a pair of drawers and two cupboard doors flanked by canted stop fluted panels, the square tapering
fluted legs ending in compressed brass ball feet. Constructed of mahogany veneer on oak substrate.
Condition: Excellent! Exterior finishes appear original, with repolish to interior to; drawer brasses replaced;
several of expected veneer lift; infilled shrinkage to interior top and right side; minor chipping to bottom rail veneer
*Note: Dutch Neoclassical furniture acquired very unique and distinctive qualities, often adopting as a starting
point the rectangular Louis XVI forms. The limited space in some Dutch townhouses often required
metamorphic furniture, with fold-over tops, or space-saving tambour cupboards. This Opfluptafel, or Klapbuffet,
was an important innovation: the top of the commode lifting, allowing fitted shelves to drop down for the setting-up
of tea for entertaining. Sometimes they are seen with basin-holes for washing after tea ceremony, or for heating embers.
Pronounced opflupptahfil (flap-up table) and cluppboofette, meaning simply lift-top.
Usual price range: 5000.00 to 15,000.00.
40 1/4" H x 50 1/2" x 24"D
SOLD
#4488
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