A Swedish Rococo silvered bronze-mounted kingwood and parquetry commode, attributed to Johan Neijber circa 1770

The Collection of Arne Schlesch, Sotheby’s New York, April 5, 2000 lot 364.

With scattered scuffs, scratches, chips to veneer and age and construction cracks. Scattered losses to veneer, especially at lower edges of sides and edges of front corners. Some active flacking to veneer at edges of front corners. Restoration to interior. Marble top with chips to edges and scratches. Restoration to marble at front right corner. Top two drawers remounted.
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Johan Neijber (1740-1795) became master furniture maker in 1768 with the submission of a 'commode inlaid with foreign woods' to the jury. An extremely closely related commode by Neijber and dating from circa 1768 is illustrated Marshall Lagerquist, Rokokomöbler signerade av ebenister och schatullmakare i Stockholm, Stockholm, 1949, fig. 43-4. Neijber's most important patron was Gustav III to whom he delivered a commode that still remains in The Royal Palace in Stockholm. For a commode of identical shape, with very similar parquetry and mounts signed by Neijber, see Torsten Sylvén, Mästarnas möbler: Stockholmsarbeten 1700-1850, Stockholm, 1996, p. 273.  Another similar Neijber commode was sold Christie's London, May 19, 1994, lot 155.