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Lot Essay
Fidelys Schey (d. 1788), maître in 1777.
Born in the Duchy of Baden, Fidelys Schey was one of the many immigrant craftsmen who was established in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and was patronized by the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne at the Château de Fontainebleau. Schey worked from a shop with a showroom adjacent, run by his wife. Schey worked almost exclusively with mahogany in the restrained Louis XVI 'Grecian' style, and delivered two tables a jeux in this style to Fontainebleau in 1786.
A closely related console desserte by Schey of similarly sinuous design was sold, Christie's, New York, 21-22 October 2010, lot 460 ($27,500 incl.).
Born in the Duchy of Baden, Fidelys Schey was one of the many immigrant craftsmen who was established in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and was patronized by the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne at the Château de Fontainebleau. Schey worked from a shop with a showroom adjacent, run by his wife. Schey worked almost exclusively with mahogany in the restrained Louis XVI 'Grecian' style, and delivered two tables a jeux in this style to Fontainebleau in 1786.
A closely related console desserte by Schey of similarly sinuous design was sold, Christie's, New York, 21-22 October 2010, lot 460 ($27,500 incl.).