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French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Burl Walnut and Ormolu Buffet Vitrine

Name: French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Burl Walnut and Ormolu Buffet Vitrine
Brand: Maison Krieger
Price: 39500 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

An exquisite and very high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. burl Walnut, ormolu, and Brocatelle Jaune du Jura marble buffet, attributed to Maison Krieger. The two door one drawer vitrine is raised by elegant ball feet with unique and most decorative foliate top caps below striking columns leading upwards decorated with superb foliate palmette designed plinths. Above a lovely mottled foliate ormolu band are the two central doors each retaining their original glass panes fitted within a beautiful burl walnut border and which open to reveal one shelf and the original mirrored backplate. The lovely curved sides also retain their original glass panes. Above the columns are stunning ormolu mounts of beautiful intricately detailed maidens amidst richly chased scrolled foliate and blooming flower designs. The frieze is centered by one drawer with a stunning pierced cornucopia and blooming flower ormolu keyhole escutcheon flanked by rectangular plaques of handsome panthers set on a hammered background with a fine beaded and mottled border. At the curved sides are exceptional pierced mounts with elegant swans perched on trumpets amidst lovely scrolled foliate movements with swaging floral garlands and charming finely detailed blooming flowers. Above is the original Brocatelle Jaune du Jura marble top. All original gilt throughout. Maison Krieger was founded by Antoine and Nicolas Krieger in Paris in 1826. Producing and taking part in major exhibitions of the 19th century, including the Exposition Universelle and the 1849 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris. Receiving a medal for their exhibition at the Universal Exhibitions of 1851 in London, and again in 1855, Paris. Maison Krieger created many pieces in Louis XV & Louis XVI styles, 18th century and Empire designs. Maison Krieger is recorded to have been an active client of François Linke.

Creator:

Maison Krieger (Cabinetmaker)

Dimensions:

Height: 39.25 in (99.7 cm)Width: 59.75 in (151.77 cm)Depth: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)

Style:

Neoclassical (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Marble,Ormolu,Walnut

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1800s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

West Palm Beach, FL

Reference Number:

Seller: 68841stDibs: LU949928683482

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Maison Krieger

By the start of the late 19th century, Maison Krieger was one of the largest furniture manufacturers in Paris, renowned throughout France and Europe for their quality workmanship and range of furnishings and decor.

The company was founded in 1826 by Bas-Rhin-born brothers Nicolas and Antoine Krieger, who distinguished themselves by producing exceptional reproductions of Empire furniture as well as luxury 18th-century furniture including in the styles of Louis XV and Louis XVI.

Working with marble, mahogany, gilt and bronze, Maison Krieger produced elaborate cabinets and buffets, magnificently handcrafted consoles, center tables, chairs and other pieces. The firm also collaborated with master ébéniste François Linke, and the Maison Krieger label can be found on some of Linke’s works.

Throughout the mid to late 19th century, Maison Krieger underwent several transformations. In 1850, the company was renamed Antoine Krieger et Cie. Following Antoine’s death in 1856, his son-in-law took charge, changing the firm’s name to Cosse-Racault et Cie. Several years later, in 1880, the company became Krieger, Damon et Cie when it merged with furniture manufacturer Damon et Colin.

Despite their multiple reformations, Maison Krieger’s reputation for designing and producing elegant furniture never wavered, and they garnered critical acclaim at several major exhibitions of the 19th century.

In 1849, the firm exhibited at the Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie in Paris. They participated in the Great Exhibition in London two years later, winning a second-class medal for an oak sideboard they made for a client from the Ottoman Empire. In 1855, they exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and again in 1900.

By the 1920s and 1930s, Maison Krieger had up to 1,000 employees working in their massive workshops in Faubourg St. Antoine. However, the company ceased production in 1945.

Today, Maison Krieger furniture continues to be highly coveted by antique collectors and connoisseurs of 18th-century reproductions and 19th-century pieces.

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