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Dresden Court Carpenter

18th Century

Pair of drawed commodes with rich floral marquetry – in the style of the brothers Johann Friedrich (1726–1793) and Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler (1738–1788). Circa 1755/60

Marquetry in palisander, boxwood, cedar, maple, partially coloured in iron chloride, fire shaded and engraved; body in pine; drawers in beech; bronze fittings, gilt; iron locks; key. Each 83 × 72 × 52,5 cm (32 ⅝ × 28 ⅜ × 20 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Dresden Court Carpenter. Pair of drawed commodes with rich floral marquetry – in the style of the brothers Johann Friedrich (1726–1793) and Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler (1738–1788). Circa 1755/60.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 56,200

 

- 78,700

Sold for:

62,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Marquetry in palisander, boxwood, cedar, maple, partially coloured in iron chloride, fire shaded and engraved; body in pine; drawers in beech; bronze fittings, gilt; iron locks; key. Each 83 × 72 × 52,5 cm (32 ⅝ × 28 ⅜ × 20 ⅝ in.).

Comparable object: Pair of commodes with floral marquetry in a fine double-C frame, formerly Residenzschloß Dresden (Kaiserzimmer) / Pair of courtly Dresden commodes, circa 1760, art dealership Mühlbauer, Schloß Schönburg

Related literature: Gisela Haase: Dresdner Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1993, p. 147ff., pl. 154, cat. no. 59, pl. 158f, cat. no. 58

We would like to thank Gisela Haase, former director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden for her kind assistance.

2009 private collection, England / private collection, Saarland

Auktionskatalog: Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Clocks, Christie’s, London, 9. Juli 2009, Los 141 (hier Johann Friedrich und Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler zugeschrieben)

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