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A rare Dutch ormolu-mounted mahogany, rosewood, purplewood, burr walnut, fruitwood and green-stained wood marquetry secretaire à abattant Circa 1765-70
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A rare Dutch ormolu-mounted mahogany, rosewood, purplewood, burr walnut, fruitwood and green-stained wood marquetry secretaire à abattant
Circa 1765-70
The grey marble top above a hinged fall inlaid with a balustrade and a canopy flanked by swags above classical vases, urns and jugs enclosing a fitted interior of six serpentine drawers with scale inlay and open compartments, the base fitted with a cupboard door inlaid with an autumnal tree, swags and Classical urns, enclosing a fitted drawer, flanked by canted sides surmounted by ram's head cast ormolu mounts, the sides inlaid with Classical urns, 88cm wide x 46cm deep x 138cm high, (34 1/2in wide x 18in deep x 54in high)
The grey marble top above a hinged fall inlaid with a balustrade and a canopy flanked by swags above classical vases, urns and jugs enclosing a fitted interior of six serpentine drawers with scale inlay and open compartments, the base fitted with a cupboard door inlaid with an autumnal tree, swags and Classical urns, enclosing a fitted drawer, flanked by canted sides surmounted by ram's head cast ormolu mounts, the sides inlaid with Classical urns, 88cm wide x 46cm deep x 138cm high, (34 1/2in wide x 18in deep x 54in high)
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Provenance
Pieter Hoogendijk Antiquairs, Baarn, where purchased probably 1993.
Exhibited
Pieter Hoogendijk, Les Antiquaires Au Grand Palais, XVI Biennale Internationale, Paris, 18 Sept - 4 Oct 1993.
Literature
R. J. Baarsen, 'Le goût français' in Dutch furniture in the second half of the eighteenth century, TEFAF catalogue, 1991, p.153.
Annigje Hofstede, Nederlandse meubelen: Van Barok Tot Biedermeier 1700-1830, 2004, fig. 297, p.179.
This Dutch secretaire à abattant, with its classical and large scale French-style ram's head garlanded corner ormolu chute mounts and elaborate marquetry with contrasting veneers and engraved motifs, is reminiscent of the much en vogue furniture designed and manufactured 'in the French manner'. This was first advertised in Holland by Dutch cabinet maker Andries Bongen (1732-1792) in December 1766.
French neo-classical furniture by ébénistes such as Charles Topino, maître in 1773, who inlaid furniture with marqetry panels of vases and vessels popularised by designs from Vases Nouveau published by Maurice Jacques (1712-1784), was all the rage in France, England and Holland. In particular, the 1771 ban on the importation of French furniture into the Netherlands created a thriving market in which Dutch cabinet makers could create pieces in the French taste. Alongside Andries Bongen, other important Dutch makers included Arnoldus Gerritsen and Joan Lobst Swenebart. (R.J. Baarsen, Andries Bongen (ca. 1732-1792) en de Franse invloed op de Amsterdamse kastenmakerij in de 2de helft van de achttiende eeuw Oud Holland 107 (1993), pp. 42-43 and note 154.
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