Live Auction 15492The Collector: Silver & 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GILT AND BLACK LACQUER COMMODE
Lot 602 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR OF 19TH CENTURY FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART (LOTS 601-637)

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GILT AND BLACK LACQUER COMMODE

BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

Closed14 November 2018

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GBP 28,750

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GILT AND BLACK LACQUER COMMODE
BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
The bombé commmode with eared black porter marble top above a central scene of chinoiserie figures in a garden, twice stamped beneath the marble top 'E. ZWIENER'
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 26 in. (67 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 25 May 2000, lot 52.

Specialist note

This commode of rococo style was made by Emmanuel Zwiener in Paris in circa 1880 but is inspired by the work of Bernard II van Risenburgh, known as BVRB (mâitre circa 1735), who produced a number of commodes decorated with panels of Oriental lacquer, supplying the first example of this type to the royal family in 1737 for Queen Maria Leszczynska's use at Fontainebleau (today in the Louvre Museum , OA 11193). Other related commodes by BVRB are in the collection of the V & A Museum, the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Getty museums.