A DUTCH ROCOCO FRUITWOOD, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CARD TABLE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

细节

A DUTCH ROCOCO FRUITWOOD, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CARD TABLE
Second Half 18th Century
The rectangular top with outset rounded corners inlaid with patterae, a standing figure of a courtier holding a staff and a shield with a lion rampant and a bearded king holding an orb and a shield with the Hapsburg double-headed eagle flanking a coat-of-arms of the House of Nassau-Orange and with crowned lion rampant supporters above the motto CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNI surrounded by insects and butterflies, the hinged top opening via gateleg action to a green baize-lined interior inlaid with the Ace of Spades and Hearts, the King of Clubs and the Queen of Diamonds, each side with a dished well, a single small drawer behind the gateleg, the apron and cabriole legs inlaid with Berainesque grotesque masks and strapwork, on pad feet, with the printed paper label GRAND BAZAR ROYAL DE. BOER & FILS A LA HAYE
28in. (71cm) high, 32½in. (82.5cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5cm.) deep

来源

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

拍场告示

Please note that the consignor of this lot has decided to donate a portion of their proceeds to the New York Police and Fireman, Widows & Children's Benefit Fund.

拍品专文

The marquetry decoration on this table was presumably executed to celebrate the marriage between Willem V Batavus, Prince of Orange and Nassau (1748-1806) to Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820), daughter of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, on 4 October 1767.

Princess Wilhelmina was the niece of Frederick the Great, of the House of Hohenzollern, whose brother Friedrich Wilhelm II, succeeded Frederick the Great and was a great opponent of the French revolution.
The heir of Willem V, Willem I Frederik of The Netherlands (1772-1843), succeeded as Prince of The Netherlands in 1813 and later King of The Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg between 1815-1840.