Further Media
The "speaking object" of this room is a writing cabinet; it indicates the former purpose of this room. Both the historical inventory list and the floor plan from 1791 indicate that a very specific piece of furniture was available for the study, namely a "Schreibe Commode", or “writing commode”, as is noted in the floor plan. The inventory of 1793 even lists three large desks for the entire stately rooms. Unfortunately, none of this writing furniture has been preserved.
The writing cabinet exhibited here is representative of the type of furniture, and impressively demonstrates the high level of mastery of Saxon cabinetmaking around 1800. The cubic, square-edged overall shape, as well as the simple form of the piece of furniture and also the noble veneer that covers the entire surface, are typical stylistic features of the time.
According to the historical floor plan, there was "a wall painting with arabesques" in the former study. Since the walls have been renovated several times in the past 230 years, unfortunately only a few remnants of the original painting have survived. An example of the use of arabesques by the designers of early Neo-classicism can be found on the carefully reconstructed sample axis on the wall to the right of the entrance.