Lot Essay
Jean François Oeben was one of the first ébénistes to use the combination of floral marquetry with parquetry panels.
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Details
A late Louis XV tulipwood, bois satine, amaranth, marquetry and parquetry cylinder bureau
Inlaid overall with banded and cross-banded cube parquetry panels, the roll top inlaid with interlaced strapwork panels centred by floral bouquets and a musical trophy, enclosing a fitted interior with four drawers and an open compartment and a gilt-tooled black leather lined writing surface, above three waved drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, the cube parquetry of the back re-laid on a later board, and with subsequent replacements
99 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 47 cm. deep
Inlaid overall with banded and cross-banded cube parquetry panels, the roll top inlaid with interlaced strapwork panels centred by floral bouquets and a musical trophy, enclosing a fitted interior with four drawers and an open compartment and a gilt-tooled black leather lined writing surface, above three waved drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, the cube parquetry of the back re-laid on a later board, and with subsequent replacements
99 cm. high x 98 cm. wide x 47 cm. deep
Provenance
E. Gutmann, Berlin.
F.B.E. Gutmann, Heemstede.
With J.W. Böhler, Munich, 1942.
With K. Haberstock, Berlin, 1942.
The Instituut Collectie Nederland (earlier the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, no. NK3200) until restituted to Gutmann's heirs in 2002.
F.B.E. Gutmann, Heemstede.
With J.W. Böhler, Munich, 1942.
With K. Haberstock, Berlin, 1942.
The Instituut Collectie Nederland (earlier the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, no. NK3200) until restituted to Gutmann's heirs in 2002.
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