Lot 1130 - A208 Decorative Arts - jeudi, 21. mars 2024, 13h30
RARE PARQUETRY COMMODE
Louis XVI, Berne, ca. 1785, by Johannes Äbersold (1737-1812) and his workshop.
Tulipwood, rosewood, curly maple, walnut, maple and partly engraved fruitwoods, in veneer and solid. The front of the body, on angular legs tapering downwards in sabots. Slightly protruding, original, shaped "Oberhasli" marble top in red-violet and white. Sans-traverse front divided into three rectangular fields, framed with triple fillet. The inner fillet illusionistically engraved in imitation of wrapped linen bales. The outer surface in fine tulipwood. Gilt handles designed as classical decorative vases with rams' heads on the sides, the pull rings in the form of laurel wreaths, the keyhole ornaments with olive branches and loops. The narrow sides are designed in the same style, the surfaces with fillet borders. Cut-out frame. The interior lined with paste paper, original locks.
115 × 54.5 × 89 cm.
In original condition with old polish.
Provenance: From a Swiss private collection.
The commode on offer is certainly one of the finest and most balanced products of the famous workshop of Johannes Äbersold (1737-1812). The commode was probably made at the same time and possibly for the same patron as an oval table by the maître, which was made in 1785 for Gabriel von Wattenwyl on the occasion of his election as mayor of the Outer Estate and is now in Oberhofen Castle on Lake Thun (Bernisches Historisches Museum, inv. no. 33191). In addition to the identical choice of veneer, both pieces of furniture also feature this unusual meander band drawn in the shape of a key bit. Like only a few other pieces of furniture from the workshop, the piece on offer is a perfect reference to Johannes Äbersold's Parisian period, around 1767, when he was able to experience the new fashion trends of the "Style à la grecque" at its peak and introduce such ideas to Berne at a time when the rounded forms of the Rococo style were still very much in vogue in the Old Swiss Confederacy. This Parisian influence is particularly evident in the commode furniture made by the maître and his workshop, and his most important works were produced in Berne between 1775 and 1785, including the commode on offer, which has been preserved in its original condition.
Hermann von Fischer, Johannes Äbersold 1737-1812: A Berne Ebenist between Mathäus Funk and Christoph Hopfengärtner. Catalog for the exhibition at Jegenstorf Castle, 13.5-15.10.2000, ill. p. 26, cat. No. 16.
Provenance: From a Swiss private collection.
The commode on offer is certainly one of the finest and most balanced products of the famous workshop of Johannes Äbersold (1737-1812). The commode was probably made at the same time and possibly for the same patron as an oval table by the maître, which was made in 1785 for Gabriel von Wattenwyl on the occasion of his election as mayor of the Outer Estate and is now in Oberhofen Castle on Lake Thun (Bernisches Historisches Museum, inv. no. 33191). In addition to the identical choice of veneer, both pieces of furniture also feature this unusual meander band drawn in the shape of a key bit. Like only a few other pieces of furniture from the workshop, the piece on offer is a perfect reference to Johannes Äbersold's Parisian period, around 1767, when he was able to experience the new fashion trends of the "Style à la grecque" at its peak and introduce such ideas to Berne at a time when the rounded forms of the Rococo style were still very much in vogue in the Old Swiss Confederacy. This Parisian influence is particularly evident in the commode furniture made by the maître and his workshop, and his most important works were produced in Berne between 1775 and 1785, including the commode on offer, which has been preserved in its original condition.
Hermann von Fischer, Johannes Äbersold 1737-1812: A Berne Ebenist between Mathäus Funk and Christoph Hopfengärtner. Catalog for the exhibition at Jegenstorf Castle, 13.5-15.10.2000, ill. p. 26, cat. No. 16.
CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)
Vendu pour CHF 13 750 (frais inclus)
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