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Lot Essay
This commode is a reproduction of the magnificent commode stamped by Guillaume Beneman (maître in 1785) and Joseph Stöckel (maître in 1775), which was supplied to the Cabinet du Conseil of the Château de Compiègne in 1787, and is presently in the Château de Fontainebleau. It was executed by Stöckel and originally had a rectangular outline. The commode was subsequently altered in 1786 and 1787, when the ball feet were added and the sides re-shaped through the intervention of Beneman, who also applied his stamp. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 58-59)
The example at Kasteel de Haar does not appear on any of the early 20th Century photographs of the principal reception rooms and has always had a rather inconspicuous position in the secretariat on the first floor. It was probably originally used to to furnish the Van Zuylens Paris residence, just like the commodes offered as lots 40-42, and came to De Haar at a later date.
The example at Kasteel de Haar does not appear on any of the early 20th Century photographs of the principal reception rooms and has always had a rather inconspicuous position in the secretariat on the first floor. It was probably originally used to to furnish the Van Zuylens Paris residence, just like the commodes offered as lots 40-42, and came to De Haar at a later date.