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Lot Essay
Conceived in a South German variant of the Régence style and embellished with carved shells and strapwork around rosettes, this beautiful tabouret is part of a suite supplied to the Residenz in Ansbach around 1745. The most distinctive feature are the inwardly curving legs resting on scrolls and stylised rockwork. Six other fauteuils still remain in the Residenz and are illustrated in C. von Pfeil, Die Möbel der Residenz Ansbach, Munich, no. 41, p. 155.
Pfeil does not attribute these to a specific maker but they were almost certainly executed to the designs of Paul Amadeus Biarelle, who worked at the Residenz between 1737 and 1744. It is probable that he had previously worked at Schloss Brühl with his brother, the painter Johann Adolph Biarelle.
A gilding analysis undertaken by Catherine Hassall of University College London reveals that the water-gilded parts have been re-gilded, but in the areas with punched decoration, the original oil gilding is still visible.
Pfeil does not attribute these to a specific maker but they were almost certainly executed to the designs of Paul Amadeus Biarelle, who worked at the Residenz between 1737 and 1744. It is probable that he had previously worked at Schloss Brühl with his brother, the painter Johann Adolph Biarelle.
A gilding analysis undertaken by Catherine Hassall of University College London reveals that the water-gilded parts have been re-gilded, but in the areas with punched decoration, the original oil gilding is still visible.