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IMPORTANT ROENTGEN

IMPORTANT ROENTGEN COIFFEUSE 77 x 91 x 63.5 cm. Neuwied, 1770 / 1775. Accompanied by a detailed report by Christine Cornet, expert for antique furniture, Munich, n.d. Oak and softwood structure veneered in stained maple wood, so-called “bois de tabac” and other light veneers, rosewood, cedar, and cherry wood with mountings in brass, iron, gilt-bronze and silver. The visible surfaces are decorated with flower and bow motif marquetry. The dynamic shape of the body is surmounted on four slightly curved, edged legs. The only drawer features an internal fold-out desk. The centre of the tabletop can be opened featuring an internal mirror, its sides can be opened to the left and right with a hinge. There are striped marquetry blinds below that can be rolled down to the back. Below this is a large drawer, or more precisely a removable fourfold square compartment with a wallpapered compartment underneath and behind it. In addition to the compartments accessible from above, the coiffeuse features three drawers: two narrow drawers below the side compartments that can be opened mechanically, and the central drawer mentioned above. A small drawer opening from the side is set with an inkwell, sand shaker and a pen compartment – each made of silver. Notes: This type of “table de toilette” came into being in the mid-18th century and was used for the “seconde toilette”, that is body and facial care and beautification after the “première toilette”, the purpose of which was simply washing. The term derives from a fine cloth (toile) that was originally placed on the table while dressing the hair to lay out the necessary utensils and to pick up any waste powder or hair. At first, the table on offer for sale in this lot appears to be very specialized, but it is multifunctional as it features integrated writing utensils. Notes 2: Today, 622 pieces of Roentgen furniture are known to be held in museums and private collections. The manufactory rose to fame from 1750. Demanding clients, such as the princely House of Neuwied, the Prince-Elector and Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff. A receipted invoice from Abraham Roentgen to Johann Caspar Goethe testifies to the inventory of furniture in the Goethe House. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was also one of Roentgen´s clients. Increasingly European royal families were being supplied including Catherine the Great of Russia, Roentgen´s most important client. Other clients included: the Prince-Elector of Mainz, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Frederick William II, Count of Ysenburg, Count of Solms-Laubach, Count Friedrich Alexander of Wied, Prince-Elector Franz Georg of Schönburn, Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich of Seinshaim, Caroline Louise Marchioness of Baden-Durlach, Imperial Count Florimond Mercy d´Argenteau, Frederick II of Hesse, Prince of Lorraine, Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI, Count Alexander Stroganoff and many more. Museums and collections: The few surviving pieces of furniture from the Roentgen manufactory are held in many museums around the world: Musée des Arts Deécoratifs, Paris. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Metropolitan Museum, N.Y. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. Louvre, Paris. The State Hermitage, St Petersburg. Samuel H. Kress Collection, London. Wallace Collection, London. Wörlitz Palace, Charlottenburg Palace, Stavros Niarchos Collection and many more. € 60.000 - € 90.000 Sistrix INFO | BID 70 HAMPEL ONLINE Visit www.hampel-auctions.com for around 7.000 additional images.

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