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Lot Essay
This table à thé, considered the most exuberant design for this variant model, was also available as a table basse without the tea tray. Comparable tables by Zwiener and Zwiener-Jansen Successeur were sold A Private Collection, Volume I, Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2006, lot 11 (table basse, $36,000), and from the same sale, lot 133 (table à thé, $45,000).
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Zwiener worked in Paris between 1880 and 1895 establishing himself as one of the premier haut luxe cabinetmakers of the late 19th century. His distinctive style expertly fused the high-Rococo opulence of the Louis XV period with the latest Art Nouveau. Zwiener was awarded a médaille d'or at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle and a group of furniture he produced for the German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Zwiener worked in Paris between 1880 and 1895 establishing himself as one of the premier haut luxe cabinetmakers of the late 19th century. His distinctive style expertly fused the high-Rococo opulence of the Louis XV period with the latest Art Nouveau. Zwiener was awarded a médaille d'or at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle and a group of furniture he produced for the German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.