Furniture

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GERMAN
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS,
AND
CASKETS,
COMMODES
393. D i s p l a y C a b i n e t
(Kabinettschrank)
Augsburg, circa 1620-1630
Ebony, pearwood, oak, boxwood, walnut,
chestnut, marble, ivory, semiprecious
stones, tortoiseshell, snakeskin, enamel,
and miniature painting
Height: 2 ft. 4% i n . (73 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10Ψ16 i n . (58 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n .
(59 cm)
Accession number 89.DA.28
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Sweden; [J. Kugel, Paris,
since the mid-1970s].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, XIV
e
Biennale des Antiquaires,
September 22-October 9,1988.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dieter Alfter, Die Geschichte des Augsburger
Kabinettschranks (Augsburg, 1986), no. 23,
pp. 69-70, pis. 56-58; "Acquisitions/1989,"
GettyMusJiS (1990), no. 58, pp. 196-197,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p . 213, illus.
393
G E R M A N
CASKETS
A N DC O M M O D E S
394
395
London, June 19,1882, lot 2185, to W i l l i a m
394· Casket
395
Commode
Southern German, circa 1680-1690
K i n g for £242,10s); Christopher Becket-
Circa 173 5-1740
W o o d veneered w i t h brass, mother-of-pearl,
Denison, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine;
pewter, copper, stained a n d painted horn,
June 6, 1885, l
marble top
and rosewood; gilt-bronze mounts
Willshaw, by 1958 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (83.8 cm); W i d t h :
One foot stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
June 24,1976, lot 21); purchased at that sale
4 ft. 6/2 i n . (138.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
1745-1749·
by The British Rail Pension Fund.
Height: 5/8 i n . (12.9 c m ) ; W i d t h : i /s i n .
o t
685); A r t u r o Lopez-
(32.1 cm); D e p t h : 10V% i n . (26.5 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D A . I I I
E X H I B I T I O N S
M a l i b u , The J. Paul Getty Museum, o n
loan, 1982-1988.
Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland (sold, Christie's,
P R O V E N A N C E
Michael Taylor, San Francisco (sold, Butterfield's, San Francisco, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 340).
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e o f H a m i l t o n , H a m i l t o n
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.47
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Stephane Faniel et al., LeXVIII
e
siede
frangais (Collection Connaissance des arts,
Paris, 1958), p. 206; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ ij (1989), no. 81, p. 145, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987" GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 75, p. 179, illus.
227
228
GERMAN
COMMODES
DESKS A N D
SECRETAIRES
397. R o l l t o p D e s k
N e u w i e d , circa 1785
A t t r i b u t e d to D a v i d Roentgen; gilt-bronze
plaque attributed to Pierre G o u t h i é r e ; some
mounts by Francois R é m o n d
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and burr
amboyna; steel fittings; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 5 ft. 6% i n . (168.3 cm); W i d t h
5 ft. i / 8 i n . (155.9 c m ) ; D e p t h (open):
3
4 ft. i A i n . (126.7
7
c
m
) ; D e p t h (closed):
2 ft. iiVs i n . (89.3 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.47
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louis X V I , cabinet du Roi, Palais des
Tuileries; later moved to the Chateau de
Versailles; removed i n 1793 to Russia; (?)
C o u n t Iljinski, Castle o f Romanova, near
One of a pair
396
St. Petersburg, 1793-1852; [ M . C o u r t , r u é de
la Madeleine, Paris, 1857] (sold, M . le comte
396. P a i r o f C o m m o d e s
M a r c h 1,1882, l o t 165, for 210 guineas;
[Jacques Helft, N e w York]; Georges Lurcy
M u n i c h , circa 1745
Carving attributed to Joachim D i e t r i c h ;
(1891-1953), N e w York (sold, Parke-Bernet,
side panels after engraved designs by
N e w York, November 9,1957, l o t 383);
Fran£ois de Cuvilliés
[Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; Maha-
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine; gilt-
ranee o f Baroda, Paris; [Frank Partridge,
bronze mounts; jaune rosé de Brignolles
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
marble tops
Height: 2 ft. 8 4 i n . (83.2 cm); W i d t h :
3
c
m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
(61.9 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.63.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Anonymous sale, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
to M i g e o n ) [above information: Patrick
Leperlier]; [(?) Samson Wertheimer, London]
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 15,1892,
lot 637, to Jackson); C o u n t J α n o s Pαlffy,
Palais Pαlffy, V i e n n a (sold, Gl٧ckselig u n d
Warndorfer, Vienna, M a r c h 7,1921, l o t 209,
to Castiglione); Baroness M a r i e de Reitz,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vienna; [French and Co., N e w York, 1960s];
Thomas E. N o r t o n , One Hundred Years of
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
3
4 ft. i 4 i n . (126.4
de Μ . . . , Paris, November 12,1859, l o t 1,
Collecting in America: The Story ofSotheby,
Parke, Bernet (New York, 1984), p. 166, illus.
(one); Handbook1986, p. 156, illus. (one);
Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus. (one).
E X H I B I T I O N S
Washington, D . C . , T h e State Department,
o n loan, 1960s.
GERMAN DESKS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La Gazette de France (October 30,1857);
Alois C. Riegel, Der Wiener Congress
(Vienna, 1898), fig. x; Heinrich Kreisel,
Die Kunst des deutschen Mφbels (Munich,
1973), vol. 3,fig.17; Hans H u t h , Roentgen
Furniture: Abraham and David Roentgen:
European Cabinetmakers (London and
N e w York, 1974), illus. 64-68; Josef Maria
Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen:
Mφbelf٧r Europa (Starnberg, 1980), vol. 2,
figs. 683, 684; D i e t r i c h Fabian, Die Ent­
wicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel (Bad
Neustadt, 1982), p. 45, figs. 66~6y; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 44, pp. 88-89, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied: Leben
und Werk von Abraham und David Roentgen
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 96, illus. p. 134,
figs. 307-310; Handbook 1986, p. 176, illus.;
Pradιre, Les Ebιnistes, illus. p. 417, fig. 514;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 727; Handbook
1991, p. 194, illus.
397
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230
G E R M A N
SECRETAIRES
Clock face painted Mollinger a Berlin.
TABLES
Height: 8 ft. (243.8 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 8 i n .
(111.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (60.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.87
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , K i n g
o f Prussia (1770-1840), for Schloss Pots­
dam, circa 1802; private collection, Berlin;
Ragaller, Berlin; (sold, Weinm٧ller, M u n i c h ,
M a y 2-5,1956, l o t m i ) ; (sold, W e i n m ٧ l l e r
[Neumeister], M u n i c h , October 23-24,
1974, l o t 861); private collection, M u n i c h ;
[Juan Pσrtela, N e w York].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Claudia Freytag, Bruckmanns Mφbel-Lexikon
( M u n i c h , circa 1978), illus. p. 298; Michael
St٧rmer, Handwerk und hφfische Kultur
Europδische Mφbelkunst in Munich ( M u n i c h ,
1982), p. 193, p i . 102; Dietrich Fabian, Die
Entwicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel
(Bad Neustadt, 1982), pp. 53-55, figs. 77d-g;
H e i n r i c h Kriesel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels, v o l . 3 ( M u n i c h , 1983), illus. p. 264;
398
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
398. Secretaire
Berlin, circa 1798-1799
p. 147; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," no. 5,
pp. 83-88, illus; "Acquisitions/1984,"
By Johann Andreas Beo; clock movement
GettyMusJ Y*, (1985), no. 68, p. 184, illus.;
by Christian M o l l i n g e r
Dietrich Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied
Pine and oak veneered w i t h mahogany,
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 312, illus. p. 305,
satinwood, bloodwood, ebony, and k i n g -
figs. 72-4-727.
wood; white marble; bronze; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts
399. C o n s o l e T a b l e
M u n i c h , circa 1730
Design attributed to Joseph Effner; carving
attributed t o Johann A d a m Pichler
L i m e w o o d ; Tegernsee marble top
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (86.5 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 1/2 i n . (156 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. ιΥ i n .
4
(64 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.88
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I , 1697-1745),
Elector o f Bavaria, 1726, and H o l y Roman
Emperor, 1742, i n the Kaisersaal at Kloster
Ettal; Paris (art market o r private collection),
1960s; private collection, Germany (sold,
Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, December 5,1980,
lot 99); [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ YJ (1989),
no. 82, p . 145, illus.
GERMAN TABLES
4 0 0 . C o n s o l e Table
Circa 1735-1745
Gessoed and gilded limewood; breche
d'Alep top
Height: 3 ft. (91.4 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
3
(108.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.319
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany; [Capricorn A r t
International S.A., Panama].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 206, p. 248, illus.
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400
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