A Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Niches Sold Anton Lorenz had been working

Anton Lorenz had been working in the locking business in Leipzig before he moved to Berlin in 1927

The first we’ve found retaining its original cushion

This chair is carved with a type of flower that was fashionable among Europeans at home and in the Dutch East Indies

Raised on turned walnut legs with factory stamped brass castors

concave doors and wired sides enclose the supper section

A Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Niches Sold Anton Lorenz had been workingA pair of carved and gilded chestnut architectural elements surviving as niches. Both carved in high relief from a single section of chestnut, original untouched gilded finish still in place, they are a masterpiece of the Baroque style used throughout Porto in the early 18th century. Portuguese, Porto, first quarter of the 18th century. The sixty pieces in our collection were removed from a church in Porto prior to demolition in 1979 80, they have