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Set of 8 Partially Early 19th German Biedermeier Saxe-Coburg Provenance Chairs

$15,800per set
£12,000.49per set
€13,802.76per set
CA$22,075.70per set
A$24,616.90per set
CHF 12,844.05per set
MX$302,058.64per set
NOK 163,484.28per set
SEK 154,897.81per set
DKK 103,015.08per set
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Set of 8 partially Early 19th German Biedermeier Saxe-Coburg provenance chairs: 3 chairs with inventory stamp of Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg (soth Germany)/House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 5 chairs hand-crafted after their model in the late 20th century: a trapezoidal seat on four slender saber-shaped legs; curved, shovel-shaped back with carved and ebonized central motif depicting a lyre. All chairs upholstered with black horsehair fabric. 3 chairs of the set of 8 show the inventory stamp of the famous Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg / South Germany and are documented in the Ehrenburg inventory register. According to a letter from the Bayerische Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen, Munich from 1991, the chairs were sold or disposed of in the 1920s at the latest (see photo). In order to be able to use the chairs in a dining room, the former owner had added five more chairs in the late 20th century, which had been elaborately hand-crafted after the model of the three Ehrenburg Palace chairs by a German furniture maker. Ehrenburg Palace was built and used by the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg (and Gotha from 1826 on) as a representative town residence. Duke Ernst I (reigned 1806–1844) began to remodel Ehrenburg Palace only a few years after he came to power. It was then that the building acquired its impressive neo-Gothic façade, designed by the architect Karl Friedrich von Schinkel. For the furnishing of the rooms, Duke Ernst I commissioned the French architect André-Marie Renié-Grétry. Between 1816 and 1840 the apartments were renovated in the French Empire style on the basis of his designs and filled with magnificent furniture, clocks, chandeliers and tapestries from major Paris manufactories.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 18.51 in (47 cm)Depth: 16.93 in (43 cm)Seat Height: 18.12 in (46 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 8
  • Style:
    Biedermeier (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Cherry,Ebonized
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Early 19th/20th Century
  • Condition:
    Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. 5 of the 8 chairs were made in the late 20th century based on the model of the 3 chairs from the beginning of the 19th century to complement them into a larger set that can be used for a dining room table.
  • Seller Location:
    Berlin, DE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1027432894792

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