拍品专文
Gustaf Adolph Ditzinger (1760 - 1800), master in 1788
Gustaf Adolph Ditzinger (1760-1800) was an apprentice in Georg Haupt's workshop between 1776 and 1784. Two years after Haupt's death Ditzinger, who can be considered Haupt's most accomplished apprentice, took over Haupt's workshop from Peter Kyhlberg. In 1788 the guild of cabinet makers in Stockholm granted him the title of a master and Ditzinger, a few months later, married Haupt's widow.
By the late 1780s he had already been commissioned to supply furniture with Louis Masreliez, who had replaced Jean Eric Rehn as Court Intendant, to Haga Pavilion, Gustaf III's country residence built by Olof Tempelman between 1787 and 1790.
This table is closely related to another at Haga recorded as H.N.10 in the inventory taken following Gustaf III's death in 1792. Although this lot does not bear the inventory mark, it is interesting to note that it was made while Ditzinger was working on commissions for Haga. Surprisingly, however, there are probably only three works, a large table and two small bookcases for the King's study, recorded as having been supplied by Ditzinger for the pavilion. Thus the closely related table bearing the inventory number H.N.10 must have reached the pavilion by another way. It is conceivable that it was brought from another house by Gustaf III or, alternatively, that it was purchased from the prolific dealer Carl Gustaf Grevesmühl, who supplied furnishings to Haga but only kept minimal records of his deliveries therefore making it impossible to trace individual pieces.
The table in the Blue Antechamber at Haga today is a replacement of the original table recorded in the inventories of 1805, 1809 and finally 1831 which has since disappeared. The replacement was bequeathed to the Royal Collection by the eclectic collector and painter Prince Eugen of Sweden (1865 - 1947) in the 1940s. By contrast to this lot, it is a centre table and has different mounts. A second related table is in the Yellow Salon at Tidö, near Västeras. A table, which is very closely related to the one at Haga, was sold at J.M. Heberle's, Cologne, 19-24 October 1893, lot 1253, from the collection of Christian Hammer. A further example without the gallery and with different turned legs was sold from the collection of Mme. C. Lelong, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 and 15 May 1903, lot 953. Another closely related table was sold at Beijers, Stockholm, 7 to 8 November 1990, lot 504. The only other known side table of this type, which reputedly belonged to Queen Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta (1759 - 1818) wife of Karl XIII, was sold from Count Hamilton's collection at Hedensberg, at Bukowski's, Stockholm, 21-22 April 1915, lot 140. None of these tables are, however, apparently signed by Ditzinger. It is probable that this lot is the pair to the one sold from Count Hamilton's collection.
The unusual design of the legs of this table, a square above a circular cross section, can be traced back to Georg Haupt's travelling secrétaire (see: M. Lagerquist, Georg Haupt, Ebéniste du Roi, Stockholm, 1979, p. 104, cat. 12), which had removable legs and was made to fit in a carriage. It is signed by Haupt and dated to 1780, which was when Ditzinger was working for him. The same construction also features on a secrétaire in the Nordiska Museet (see: S. Wallin, Nordiska Museets Möbler fran Svenska Herrmanshem, Lund, 1979, vol. II, pp. 92, figs. 510 - 514) which also has marquetry in the style of Louis Masreliez
We are grateful to Lars Ljungström for his assistance in cataloguing this lot
Gustaf Adolph Ditzinger (1760-1800) was an apprentice in Georg Haupt's workshop between 1776 and 1784. Two years after Haupt's death Ditzinger, who can be considered Haupt's most accomplished apprentice, took over Haupt's workshop from Peter Kyhlberg. In 1788 the guild of cabinet makers in Stockholm granted him the title of a master and Ditzinger, a few months later, married Haupt's widow.
By the late 1780s he had already been commissioned to supply furniture with Louis Masreliez, who had replaced Jean Eric Rehn as Court Intendant, to Haga Pavilion, Gustaf III's country residence built by Olof Tempelman between 1787 and 1790.
This table is closely related to another at Haga recorded as H.N.10 in the inventory taken following Gustaf III's death in 1792. Although this lot does not bear the inventory mark, it is interesting to note that it was made while Ditzinger was working on commissions for Haga. Surprisingly, however, there are probably only three works, a large table and two small bookcases for the King's study, recorded as having been supplied by Ditzinger for the pavilion. Thus the closely related table bearing the inventory number H.N.10 must have reached the pavilion by another way. It is conceivable that it was brought from another house by Gustaf III or, alternatively, that it was purchased from the prolific dealer Carl Gustaf Grevesmühl, who supplied furnishings to Haga but only kept minimal records of his deliveries therefore making it impossible to trace individual pieces.
The table in the Blue Antechamber at Haga today is a replacement of the original table recorded in the inventories of 1805, 1809 and finally 1831 which has since disappeared. The replacement was bequeathed to the Royal Collection by the eclectic collector and painter Prince Eugen of Sweden (1865 - 1947) in the 1940s. By contrast to this lot, it is a centre table and has different mounts. A second related table is in the Yellow Salon at Tidö, near Västeras. A table, which is very closely related to the one at Haga, was sold at J.M. Heberle's, Cologne, 19-24 October 1893, lot 1253, from the collection of Christian Hammer. A further example without the gallery and with different turned legs was sold from the collection of Mme. C. Lelong, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 and 15 May 1903, lot 953. Another closely related table was sold at Beijers, Stockholm, 7 to 8 November 1990, lot 504. The only other known side table of this type, which reputedly belonged to Queen Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta (1759 - 1818) wife of Karl XIII, was sold from Count Hamilton's collection at Hedensberg, at Bukowski's, Stockholm, 21-22 April 1915, lot 140. None of these tables are, however, apparently signed by Ditzinger. It is probable that this lot is the pair to the one sold from Count Hamilton's collection.
The unusual design of the legs of this table, a square above a circular cross section, can be traced back to Georg Haupt's travelling secrétaire (see: M. Lagerquist, Georg Haupt, Ebéniste du Roi, Stockholm, 1979, p. 104, cat. 12), which had removable legs and was made to fit in a carriage. It is signed by Haupt and dated to 1780, which was when Ditzinger was working for him. The same construction also features on a secrétaire in the Nordiska Museet (see: S. Wallin, Nordiska Museets Möbler fran Svenska Herrmanshem, Lund, 1979, vol. II, pp. 92, figs. 510 - 514) which also has marquetry in the style of Louis Masreliez
We are grateful to Lars Ljungström for his assistance in cataloguing this lot