Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen 1812-1871 A Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted engraved brass, pewter and ebony inlaid console table Paris, mid-19th century

stamped Chles. Winckelsen / 21 Rue St. Louis / (Au. Marais) 

Bernard Steinitz, Paris, 2000

Overall in good condition and presentation with the usual minor scratches, dents and nicks to veneers and carcass consistent with age and use. Tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places. Slight loss to veneer to lower edge of lower shelf, as visible in the catalogue illustration
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Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen had his workshops at 23, Val-Sainte-Catherine in 1854. By 1860 he had moved to 21, rue Saint-Louis in the Marais, and in 1867, he relocated his premises to 49, rue de Turenne. His production varied from furniture to decorative works of art, specializing in particular in the Louis XVI style but all at a very high standard of quality.  He had a distinguished clientele, including Lafitte, Behague, the Marquis de Lillers and the Prince Radziwill. Jean-Louis-Benjamin Gros was his main furniture maker, and Joseph-Nicolas Langlois his bronze chaser. Following Winckelsen’s death in 1871, Henri Dasson purchased on July 27 the workshop and stock from Winckelsen's widow for 14,000 French francs.