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The following three lots form part of an ensemble of furniture, conceived circa 1820, probably after designs by Nicolaus von Thouret, for the state apartments at the Stadtschloss, Stuttgart, refurbished in the early 19th century for the recently-crowned Kings of Württemberg.
In anticipation of the elevation of the elector of Württemberg to kingship the electorate embarked on great building projects to make Stuttgart the 'Paris of Württemberg'. Entire suites of long unused reception rooms and salons in the enormous Schloss were refurbished and extensive suites of representative furniture were ordered. The chairs of this suite are all marked with Roman numerals and the fact that these extend above 12 indicates that this suite too would have originally been even larger. While the original commission and any detail of early placing of the suite remain unknown, an inventory drawn in October 1891 lists the suite in the Anteroom to the Russian Chapel of the Schloss.
A SET OF TWELVE SOUTH GERMAN GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
STUTTGART, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY NICOLAUS VON THOURET
Details
A SET OF TWELVE SOUTH GERMAN GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
STUTTGART, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY NICOLAUS VON THOURET
Each with a shaped moulded padded back and seat covered à châssis in fleur-de-lys decorated vieux rose silk, the cresting carved with floral rosettes and stylised anthemia, on gadrooned and foliate-headed saber legs, seven chairs branded 'KRG' beneath a crown and with stencilled inscriptions reading respectively '4011' to '4017', four chairs inscribed '11632 to '11635' respectively, one chair inscribed 'S.1808', the frames marked in Roman numerals, some with remains of blue-borderd paper labels
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (12)
STUTTGART, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY NICOLAUS VON THOURET
Each with a shaped moulded padded back and seat covered à châssis in fleur-de-lys decorated vieux rose silk, the cresting carved with floral rosettes and stylised anthemia, on gadrooned and foliate-headed saber legs, seven chairs branded 'KRG' beneath a crown and with stencilled inscriptions reading respectively '4011' to '4017', four chairs inscribed '11632 to '11635' respectively, one chair inscribed 'S.1808', the frames marked in Roman numerals, some with remains of blue-borderd paper labels
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (12)
Provenance
Almost certainly delivered circa 1820 for the refurbished apartments of William I of Württemberg at the Stadtschloss Stuttgart and thence by descent.
Recorded in the Stadtschloss on 6 October 1891.
Recorded in the Stadtschloss on 6 October 1891.
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