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A CABINET AND CUPBOARD FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF THE NETHERLANDS ATTRIBUTED TO J.A. SCHICK & CO. The present cabinet and cupboard executed in the neo-gothic style can be attributed to the the Hague firm of J.A. Schick & Co. on the basis of the roundels with recessed trefoil motifs. Similar roundels can be seen on a cupboard in the Noordeinde Palace, in the Hague. The founder of the firm: Johannes Abraham Schick was born on the 30th of May 1750 in Neukirchen in Nassau-Dillenburg. He died in The Hague in 1829. Although nothing is known about Schicks work before 1817, it is likely that he assisted Eeltjes in his commision to supply chairs to Louis Napoleon. The fact that in 1817 he received a royal comission to furnish the Noordeinde Palace is also an indication of the measure of sucsess that he must have had in the period before 1817. From 1817 onwards Schick becomes one of the most important suppliers of furniture to the court. In 1823 Johannes George probably takes over the firm from his father, in this year he moved the location of the shop and workshops to the Noordeinde, near the royal palace. At this point the firm had expanded its activities from purely chair making, to encompass all sorts of furniture making as well as selling soft furnishings and wall papers from their shop; calling themselves 'Behangers, Fabrikeurs en Leveranciers van Ameublementen, enz'. Cf. J.G. Berkhout, De firma Schick, makers van neogotiosche meubelen, Antiek, 1974, No. 4, pp. 394-402.

A DUTCH MAHOGANY COLLECTOR'S CABINET

ATTRIBUTED TO J.A. SCHICK & CO., SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH MAHOGANY COLLECTOR'S CABINET
ATTRIBUTED TO J.A. SCHICK & CO., SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The hinged rounded rectangular top enclosing a glazed display interior above a pair of panelled doors with gothic archery, enclosing nine drawers, each with a later fitted interior
110 cm. high x 90 cm. wide x 45 cm. deep
Together with a collection of shells

Provenance

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (1797-1881) and by descent to his daughter Marie, Princess of Wied, Princess of the Netherlands (1841-1910);
Nachlass Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit Marie Fürstin zu Wied, Prinzessin der Niederlande im Schloss Monrepos über Neuwied; August Bödiger, Bonn, 30 May - 1 June 1967;
Mr Fritz Liefkes and Mr Cor Weegenaar, Den Haag.

Literature

J.M.W. van Voorst tot Voorst, Tussen Biedermeier en Berlage, Meubel en Interieur in Nederland 1835-1895, Amsterdam, 1992, p. 619 and p. 621, afb. 462.

Special notice

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