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拍品专文
Caspar or Gaspard Schneider, maître in 1786.
Almost certainly executed under the direction of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, this console desserte relates to the work of Adam Weisweiler, particularly known for his use of thuya veneer. This can be seen, for instance on the commode of similar form supplied by Weisweiler through Daguerre to Louis XVI for his Cabinet intérieur at Saint-Cloud (illustrated in P. Lemonnier, Weisweiler, Paris, 1983, p. 133).
Interestingly, a preparatory sketch directly identified with Daguerre's activities in England in the late 1780s depicts an almost identical pier table supplied through the architect Henry Holland to George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, for the dining room at Carlton House, this drawing is illustrated in P. Lemonnier, ibid, p. 75. A pair of consoles for Carlton House stamped A.WEISWEILER that conform to this design and that match the outline of the present console in all but the ormolu mounts to the frieze, is illustrated in A. Nicolay L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes, Paris, p. 483, fig. D.
Born in Augsbourg, Schneider moved to Paris at an unknown date. Before long he was working as a ouvrier libre laborer in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine during the 1780's. One of his earliest recorded commissions was for the Royal Garde-Meuble when he supplied a secretaire même proportion qu'un fait par M. Riesener... with mounts by Thomire in October of 1785. This early documented commission demonstrates Schneider's conscious emulation and imitation of the designs of the elder Riesener's oeuvre which paralleled in many ways that of Weisweiler. Upon the death of Martin Carlin in 1785, Schneider soon married his widow, Marie-Catherine, giving him control of his master's atelier. Significantly, Schneider inherited his master's relationship with the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre for whom he is known to have both finished incomplete Carlin pieces as well as supplying newly-made furniture to order.
Almost certainly executed under the direction of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, this console desserte relates to the work of Adam Weisweiler, particularly known for his use of thuya veneer. This can be seen, for instance on the commode of similar form supplied by Weisweiler through Daguerre to Louis XVI for his Cabinet intérieur at Saint-Cloud (illustrated in P. Lemonnier, Weisweiler, Paris, 1983, p. 133).
Interestingly, a preparatory sketch directly identified with Daguerre's activities in England in the late 1780s depicts an almost identical pier table supplied through the architect Henry Holland to George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, for the dining room at Carlton House, this drawing is illustrated in P. Lemonnier, ibid, p. 75. A pair of consoles for Carlton House stamped A.WEISWEILER that conform to this design and that match the outline of the present console in all but the ormolu mounts to the frieze, is illustrated in A. Nicolay L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes, Paris, p. 483, fig. D.
Born in Augsbourg, Schneider moved to Paris at an unknown date. Before long he was working as a ouvrier libre laborer in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine during the 1780's. One of his earliest recorded commissions was for the Royal Garde-Meuble when he supplied a secretaire même proportion qu'un fait par M. Riesener... with mounts by Thomire in October of 1785. This early documented commission demonstrates Schneider's conscious emulation and imitation of the designs of the elder Riesener's oeuvre which paralleled in many ways that of Weisweiler. Upon the death of Martin Carlin in 1785, Schneider soon married his widow, Marie-Catherine, giving him control of his master's atelier. Significantly, Schneider inherited his master's relationship with the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre for whom he is known to have both finished incomplete Carlin pieces as well as supplying newly-made furniture to order.