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In his journal about his life and the contents of his estate Huis ten Donck in Ridderkerk, jonkheer W.G. Groeninx van Zoelen (1880-1963), recalls that the following lots were bought from the furniture-makers Schick & Co. in 1827. Besides the present suite of seat furniture, the set also included a circular centre-table, which was inventoried as part of the furnishings of the library and the main living room. In his journal 'Voyages autour de mes Chambres', which he wrote for his son and his descendents, Groeninx van Zoelen records, that the set was bought by his great-grandfather for their house at Lange Voorhout 38 in The Hague. He had bought the set partly in exchange for some of the old inventory of the house, and recalls that the remaining furnishings were used to fill the pond in the garden of the house. In 1924, the set was taken to Huis ten Donck which was used as the familie's summer residence until then. After extensive restorations, the house was re-furnished with 18th and 19th Century French and English furniture. Johannes Abraham Schick was born on the 30th of May 1750 in Neukirchen in Nassau-Dillenburg. He died in The Hague in 1829. He became a master chairmaker in 1790. His son Johan Georg (?-1862) joined the company of his father in circa 1790, after which the company was called Schick & Co. They were amongst the most important furniture-makers in The Hague at the beginning of the 19th Century. King William I comissioned several suites of seat-furniture from Schick for his palace on the Noordeinde in the Hague, the first being delivered in 1817. Schick made a series of drawings for chairs and fauteuils which were probably used for the furnishing of the palace. In 1820 Johan Schick took over the flourishing business. In the thirties they called themselves 'Behangers, Fabrikeurs en Leveranciers van Ameublementen, enz'. By the time the company went bankrupt in November 1841, they had the largest warehouse of its kind in the Netherlands.(A.M.L.E. Erkelens, 'De inrichting van het paleis Noordeinde onder koning Willem I', Antiek 9(1974-'75), pp. 284-302.) See illustrationi

A Dutch mahogany canape

BY J.A. SCHICK & CO., 1827

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A Dutch mahogany canape
By J.A. Schick & Co., 1827
The reeded rectangular toprail above reeded scrolled arms carved with acanthus and lotus leaves, on scrolled supports above bow-fronted seatrail, on cabriole legs headed by carved stylised leaves, lacking upholstery, restorations
207cm. wide

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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

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