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Abraham Roentgen

Mülheim am Rhein 1711 – 1793 Herrnhut

The Walderdorff Commode. Commode for Count Johann IX, Philipp von Walderdorff, Elector of Trier (1701-1768). 1755

Kingwood, rosewood, amaranth veneered on oak, beech, spruce; brass strips; bronze fittings, gilding by the decorative metalworker Christoph Weyermann, Koblenz. 83 x 132 x 72 cm (32 ⅝ x 52 x 28 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Abraham Roentgen. The Walderdorff Commode. Commode for Count Johann IX, Philipp von Walderdorff, Elector of Trier (1701-1768). 1755.

Estimate:

EUR 200,000

 

- 300,000

USD 253,000

 

- 380,000

Sold for:

182,692 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

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Kingwood, rosewood, amaranth veneered on oak, beech, spruce; brass strips; bronze fittings, gilding by the decorative metalworker Christoph Weyermann, Koblenz. 83 x 132 x 72 cm (32 ⅝ x 52 x 28 ⅜ in.). Three keys.

Comparable objects from among orders made by Walderdorff: Two commodes with marble plate, 1755, private collection, France / Writing desk, 1756, Reiß Museum, Mannheim / Corner console, 1757, Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich / Small working table, 1760, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles / Decorative bureau, 1760/65, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam / Upholstered bench, 1764/65, loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York.

Sources from the Walderdorff-archive, Schloss Molsberg (cited in Himmelheber 1998): Abraham Roentgen "Cabinet schreyner“ von Neuwied quittiert 70 Reichstaler für eine Kommode mit Beschlägen (Sig. X 1755, 54) / Christoph Weyermann quittiert 16 Reichstaler für das Vergolden eines Kommodenbeschlages (Sig. X 1755, 55).

6 August 1755 invoiced to the Imperial Count Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff (1701-1768) of Schloss Molsberg, Westerwald and later of the Electoral Palace, Trier / 1768 to his nephew Count Franz Philipp von Walderdorff (1740-1828) / 1828 to his son Count Karl Wilderich von Walderdorff (1799-1862) / to his son Count Franz Wilderich von Walderdorff (1831-1898) / to his son Count Franz Xaver Philipp Wilderich von Walderdorff (1862-1926) / to his daughter Countess Sophie Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1895-1969), Biedenbach / until 2001 family collection / private collection, Germany

Achim Stiegel: Präzision und Hingabe. Möbelkunst von Abraham und David Roentgen, ex. cat., Berlin 2007, ill. p. 166

Heinrich Kreisel und Georg Himmelheber: Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, Munich 1970, vol. 2, p. 298 / Josef Maria Greber: Abraham und David Roentgen. Möbel für Europa, Munich 1980, vol. I, pp. 67-70, p. 68; vol. II, p. 64f., ill. 113-117 / Georg Himmelheber: Abraham Roentgen and the archbishop of Trier; in: The Magazine Antiques, vol. 127 (January 1985), pp. 245-259, ill. p. 255 / Georg Himmelheber: Der Trierer Erzbischof und seine Möbelankäufe; in: Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (ed.): Die von Walderdorff, Cologne 1998, pp. 335-364 / Dietrich Fabian: Abraham und David Roentgen. Das noch aufgefundene Gesamtwerk, Bad Neustadt 1996, p. 118, ill. 258-260 / Dietrich Fabian: Roentgenmöbel aus Neuwied, Bad Neustadt 1996, p. 139, named at ill. 311, 312