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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU

Lot 58
12.12.2024 16:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1345026
Lot 58 | A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 400 000
A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
BY DAVID ROENTGEN, CIRCA 1775
With a galleried top above three frieze drawers, the cylinder roll-top inlaid with a scene of a Chinese gentleman, bird-seller and attendants, the slide at the front activated by springs, the central frieze drawer flanked by two deep drawers each swinging open to reveal a hinged compartment enclosing further drawers, the marquetry to the sides with ribbon-tied bouquets, on cabriole legs headed by satyr masks and terminating in lion's paw sabots, partially later mounted
45 ½ in. (116 cm.) high, 45 ½ in. (116 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Bt., Newton Ferrers, Cornwall.
Acquired from Galerie Segoura, Paris.



Literature

H. Huth, Abraham und David Roentgen, Berlin, 1928, p. 62 (illustrated, fig. 13).
P. Ramond, Masterpieces of Marquetry, Los Angeles, 2000, vol. 3, p. 800.
W. Koeppe et. al., exhibition catalogue, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, New York, 2013, pp. 106-107, cat. no. 23.



Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, October 2012 - January 2013, cat. no. 23.
Artist:David Roentgen (1743 - 1807)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Amaranth, Gold, Sycamore, Wood
Art style:Rococo
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Desks and bureaus
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