True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha
A LATE LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE, AFTER A DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE, CIRCA 1790-95
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A LATE LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE, AFTER A DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE, CIRCA 1790-95
attributable to Jean-Ferdinand Schwerdfeger
height 33 1/4 in; width 55 in.; depth 18 1/4 in.
84 cm; 140 cm; 46 cm
Likely acquired by Albert Casimir (1738-1822) and Maria-Christina (1742-1798), Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Teschen
Thence by descent to their nephew and adopted son Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847)
Thence by descent to his son Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817-1895)
Thence by descent to his nephew Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936), Palais-Albrecht, Vienna (now the Albertina)
Kunstmobiliar, Luster, Uhren, Bronzen, kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände usw. [...] aus dem Wiener Palais und den österreichischen Schlössern des Herrn Erzherzog Friedrich, Auktionshaus Albert Kende, Vienna 8-10 February 1933, lot 24
Madame Charles Schneider, Paris
Succession de Luart, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 5 December 1959, lot 111
Anonymous sale, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 15 March 1983
Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Keck, La Lanterne, Bel Air, California, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1991, lot 43
With Didier Aaron, Paris
Thence by descent to their nephew and adopted son Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847)
Thence by descent to his son Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817-1895)
Thence by descent to his nephew Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936), Palais-Albrecht, Vienna (now the Albertina)
Kunstmobiliar, Luster, Uhren, Bronzen, kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände usw. [...] aus dem Wiener Palais und den österreichischen Schlössern des Herrn Erzherzog Friedrich, Auktionshaus Albert Kende, Vienna 8-10 February 1933, lot 24
Madame Charles Schneider, Paris
Succession de Luart, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 5 December 1959, lot 111
Anonymous sale, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 15 March 1983
Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Keck, La Lanterne, Bel Air, California, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1991, lot 43
With Didier Aaron, Paris
J. Folnesics, Alte Innenräume österreichischer Schlösser, Paläste und Wohnhäuser, Vienna 1921
C. Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine, Recueil des décorations intérieures: comprenant tout ce qui a rapport a l'ameublement, Paris 1812
C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les Styles Consulat & Empire, Paris 2005, illustrated p.126
C. Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine, Recueil des décorations intérieures: comprenant tout ce qui a rapport a l'ameublement, Paris 1812
C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les Styles Consulat & Empire, Paris 2005, illustrated p.126