A Fine Antique Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Manner probably by Emmanuel Zwiener

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A Fine Antique Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Manner probably by Emmanuel Zwiener

About the Item

Of freestanding form, constructed in Kingwood, with extensive use of marquetry inlay, and very fine gilt bronze mounts, some signed ‘AB’ to the back: rising from cabriole legs, shod with sabots which are conjoined by gilt bronze interstices to most unusual spandrels, of dolphins emerging from bullrushes: the serpentine top having a bronze guard edge, with foliate design escutcheon plates at the angles: the shaped apron housing three drawers to one side, with false drawers to the obverse,all having quite remarkable handles, of intertwined bouquets; each panel decorated with floral marquetry within ornate gilt bronze reserves; the writing surface having an inset tooled leather surface. Literature: Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener (1849-1895) ranks among the best haut luxe Parisian cabinetmakers of the late 19th century. Born in Herdon, Germany in 1849, he arrived in Paris by 1880 and set up his workshop at 12 rue de la Roquette, where he remained until his death in 1895. Working in several styles fashionable in Paris at the time, he copied mainly Louis XV pieces from public collections, adapting them in his own exuberant interpretation of Rococo. At the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889, he received the gold medal and a note of high praise from the jurists: "dès ses débuts d’une Exposition universelle, il c’est mis au premier rang par la richesse, la hardiesse et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronzes et fort habilement marquetés." Zwiener almost certainly employed François Linke, who was six years younger and a fellow German-speaker. The Pankraz Gedenkbuch mentions Linke as "working in Paris with a German master. Provenance: A bureau plat of the Louis XVth period, in the collection of the Duchess of Sutherland, and on loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, had similar distinctive dolphin mounts, and the bouquet handles and angle escutcheon plates were on a similar bureau plat signed ‘Zwiener’ sold by Christies London on 29 November 1998 JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER (born c.1849)

Dimensions:
Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)Width: 67.33 in (171 cm)Depth: 37.01 in (94 cm)
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
c. 1870
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 67311stDibs: LU95471112706