Tunnel cabinet
Tunnel cabinet with the inscription “Hope only to God's goodness. That brings you blessings in the middle. In Jahr Christy Anno 1774 “, spruce, painted, 180 × 151 × 56 cm, 1774, place of use: Großhennersdorf , Museum of European Cultures in Berlin , inventory number: I; 6 G; 11-1955.21.
A tunnel cabinet is a cabinet made mostly of oak with legs that are too high ("studs") extended corner posts, which are connected to a cross board, and usually only had one door. The tunnel cabinet was to be found during the Gothic and Renaissance periods in France, northern and western Germany, the Netherlands and Flanders . The tunnel cabinet is considered to be the forerunner of the sideboard .
Tunnel cabinet, 13th century, Severikirche in Otterndorf .
Stud cabinet, late 16th century, Hallwyl Museum .
A. Welby Northmore Pugin , Neo-Gothic Cabinet, Stud Cabinet with Vertical Orientation, circa 1867, Indianapolis Museum of Art .
literature
- Christian Gramatzki, The Gothic Stollen Cabinet: Investigations into a furniture type from the late Middle Ages , dissertation, Cologne 1998.
- Ferdinand Luthmer, German Furniture of the Past , Seemann, Leipzig 1902 [2. Edition]. On-line