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A SWEDISH AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, AND STAINED MARQUETRY MEDAILLIER SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Lot 159

A SWEDISH AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, AND STAINED MARQUETRY MEDAILLIER SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

AFTER THE MODEL BY GEORG HAUPT, BY GUSTAF L. SAHLHOLM, DATED 1895

Closed20 September 2012

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A SWEDISH AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, AND STAINED MARQUETRY MEDAILLIER SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
AFTER THE MODEL BY GEORG HAUPT, BY GUSTAF L. SAHLHOLM, DATED 1895
The rectangular Swedish green marble top with canted angles above a frieze drawer mounted with guilloche and rosettes, the fall front with a central marquetry medallion of three putti within a swagged wreath inscribed 'AFTER F. BOUCHER', above an engraved medallion of King Gustav III, the interior fitted with fourteen drawers and a central cupboard door, above a swagged drawer, the sides conformingly decorated, on square tapering lappetted decorated legs with brass caps, signed 'Gustaf L. Sahlholm...18.4.5.95' to one drawer and G.L.SAHLHOLM' to the reverse, with retailer's label 'A. Matsson ANTIKVITETS OCH KONSTHANDEL STOCKHOLM BERIDAREBANSGATAN 23'
53 in. (135 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm) deep

Specialist note

The present lot is a faithful interpretation of a Neoclassical medallier secrétaire à abattant made by Georg Haupt. The original secrétaire was most probably commissioned by Baron Charles De Geer (1747-1805), a member of the prominent Swedish and Dutch family, for a collection of coins and medals started by his great uncle Charles De Geer (1660-1730). In 1888 Countess Charlotte von Platen (1813-1888), née De Geer, bequeathed the collection and the secrétaire to The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. After ownership was transferred to The Royal Coin Cabinet, the secrétaire now resides at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Specialising in marquetry furniture of the Gustav III style, Gustaf L. Sahlholm is recorded as a carver and cabinet-maker at 21, David Bagares gata, Stockholm in 1906.