Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A DANISH PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED SUITE OF SEAT FURNITURE
Lot 121 A SALON SUITE FROM AMALIENBORG PALACES, COPENHAGEN

A DANISH PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED SUITE OF SEAT FURNITURE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

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EUR 13,750

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A DANISH PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED SUITE OF SEAT FURNITURE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a sofa, a chaise-longue, two bergeres, two chairs and six side chairs, each with padded back, arms and seat covered in red floral silk, surmounted by flowerheads, with inventory label to the underside Residentspalaiet paa Amalienborg and branded with crowned double C
The sofa 180 cm. wide; the chaise-longue 157 cm. wide (12)

Amalienborg Palaces, Copenhagen; and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The cipher, a crowned, double C, is likely to be of the Heiress Presumptive Caroline (1793-1881). She was a daughter of Frederik VI (1768-1808-39) and was married to the Heir Presumptive Ferdinand (1792-1863), a younger brother to Christian VIII (1786-1839-48).
Four months after her birth, on 26 February 1794, Christiansborg Palace was destroyed by fire. Subsequently Princess Caroline moved with her parents to Amalienborg Palace where she grew up.

Amalienborg is the Danish monarchs winter residence. The Amalienborg complex consists of four palaces, planned around an octagonal courtyard, in the centre of which stands the French sculptor J.F.J. Saly's equestrian statue of Frederik V, the founder of Amalienborg Palace and Frederiksstaden, the surrounding district of Copenhagen.