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Lot 22
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY JEAN-GEORGES SCHLICHTIG, CIRCA 1775-80
Closed22 November 2022
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GBP 5,292
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Jean-Georges Schlichtig, maître in 1765.
Like many ébénistes active in Paris in the 18th century, Jean-Georges Schlichtig was of German origin. He has long been considered a cabinet-maker of quality and this writing-table is typical of his output in the Louis XVI period with figural and architectural marquetry enriched with ivory elements. The central octagonal panel containing a marquetry portrait of Louis XV and framed by a darker timber, in this case amaranth, is indicative of his style. This writing-table is associated with an interesting group of Louis XVI furniture with distinctive figural and landscape marquetry stamped by several different cabinet-makers including Schlichtig. Thought to be evidence of a skilled 'freelance' marqueteur working for different ébénistes, the presence of Louis XV on this table along with a commode of the group stamped SCHLICHTIG and bearing the cypher of Marie-Antoinette in its marquetry (musée de Louvre inv. OA 6509) indicates that by the Louis XVI period Schlichtig was working for the Royal Court.
Like many ébénistes active in Paris in the 18th century, Jean-Georges Schlichtig was of German origin. He has long been considered a cabinet-maker of quality and this writing-table is typical of his output in the Louis XVI period with figural and architectural marquetry enriched with ivory elements. The central octagonal panel containing a marquetry portrait of Louis XV and framed by a darker timber, in this case amaranth, is indicative of his style. This writing-table is associated with an interesting group of Louis XVI furniture with distinctive figural and landscape marquetry stamped by several different cabinet-makers including Schlichtig. Thought to be evidence of a skilled 'freelance' marqueteur working for different ébénistes, the presence of Louis XV on this table along with a commode of the group stamped SCHLICHTIG and bearing the cypher of Marie-Antoinette in its marquetry (musée de Louvre inv. OA 6509) indicates that by the Louis XVI period Schlichtig was working for the Royal Court.