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Presumably Friedrich Wilhelm Haensch

Traceable 1782 – 1814

Chair in the Etruscan style. Circa 1795/1800

Mahogany, solid, carved, veneered; textile covering. 85 × 45 × 55 cm (33 ½ × 17 ¾ × 21 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Presumably Friedrich Wilhelm Haensch. Chair in the Etruscan style. Circa 1795/1800.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,400

 

- 8,540

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Mahogany, solid, carved, veneered; textile covering. 85 × 45 × 55 cm (33 ½ × 17 ¾ × 21 ⅝ in.). Cushion cover renewed.

Related literature: Paul Seidel: Die Zimmer-Einrichtungen König Friedrich Wilhelms III. und der Königin Luise im Potsdamer Stadtschlosse. In: Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch, vol. 13 (1909), p. 246–264, p. 256 / Friedrich Wilhelm II. und die Künste. Preußens Weg zum Klassizismus. exh. cat., Berlin and Potsdam, 1997, p. 213–279 / Hella Reelfs and Rolf Bothe (eds.): Friedrich Gilly. 1772–1800 und die Privatgesellschaft junger Architekten. exh. cat., Berlin,1984.

For kindly providing additional information we would like to thank Frank C. Möller, Hamburg.

Collection of the art historian Hella Reelfs (1928–2006), Berlin / 2006 private collection, Berlin

Auction 620: Berlin, Leo Spik, 9 December 2006, cat. no. 1740, ill. plate 81