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Julius Wanschaff

1809 – Berlin – 1866

Chair of Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). 1833

Mahogany, partially solid, veneered with maple inlays; brass feet with rollers; textile renewed. 105 x 71 x 75 cm (41 ⅜ x 28 x 29 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Julius Wanschaff. Chair of Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). 1833.

Estimate:

EUR 18,000

 

- 24,000

USD 22,800

 

- 30,400

Sold for:

13,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Mahogany, partially solid, veneered with maple inlays; brass feet with rollers; textile renewed. 105 x 71 x 75 cm (41 ⅜ x 28 x 29 ½ in.). On the backrest a dedication on a silvered plaque: IHREM VEREHRTEN MEISTER 1833 / LOEWENSTEIN / KASELOWSKI / MOSER / POHLKE / WAGNER. Newly upholstered with horsehair.

The chair will be included in the new edition of Dr. Achim Stiegel's book "Berliner Möbelkunst vom Ende des 18. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts", Munich 2003.

1833 as gift to Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861), Berlin / after 1861 his son Sebastian Hensel (1830-1898) / to his son Paul Hensel (1860-1930), Erlangen / to his daughter Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel (1923-2012) / private collection, Brandenburg

Appears in the Wilhelm Hensel painting: „Der Bildhauer und Vergolder Theophil Uber“, circa 1840, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel and Jutta Arnold: Wilhelm Hensel. Maler und Porträtist 1794-1861, Berlin 2004, p. 186, fn. 6