A Russian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mounted Fruitwood Guéridon, Circa 1790
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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A Russian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mounted Fruitwood Guéridon, Circa 1790
of oval form with a hinged galleried top opening to a fitted interior with a later oval mirror plate; above a frieze with grisaille-decorated medallions behind glass joined by gilt bronze floral garlands; raised on four square fluted tapering legs joined by an x-form stretcher with a pierced gilt metal basket and ending in leaf tip sabots
height 32 ½ in.; width 18 ¾ in.; depth 14 ¼ in.
82.5 cm; 47.5 cm; 36 cm
Henry Ford II (1917-1987);
A La Vieille Russie, New York;
Rosa Strygler (1928-2018), New York;
Christie's New York, 16 October 2019, lot 750;
Where acquired by the present collector.
This exquisite table demonstrates the influence of the the great German neoclassical cabinetmaker David Roentgen of Neuwied (1743-1807), who developed this model of a small oval gueridon and visited St Petersburg six times between 1783 and 1791. In contrast to Roentgen's somewhat more sober taste, the rich jewel-like gilt bronze mounts reflect the Russian predilection for luxurious surface decoration, enhanced by the grisaille reserves that evoke the verre églomisé panels often used by St Petersburg cabinetmakers including Roentgen's pupil Heinrich Gambs (1765-1831), seen for example on a small centre table with stretcher attributed to his workshop in the Pavlovsk Palace Museum (illustrated in Antoine Chenevière, Russian Furniture The Golden Age 1780—1840, New York 1988, p.104 fig. 85).
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