MUSEUM-QUALITY WOODEN ROCOCO SIDE CABINET WITH RICH FLORAL FITTINGS.
Neuwied. Ca. 1765-70. Abraham and David Roentgen manufacture.

Walnut; maple and boxwood inlaid. Gilt bronze appliqu閟 and brass strips.
Serpentine lower frame on hoof feet and apron-shaped front frieze. On it two-door body with balbous; curved front. The doors with continuous frame strips. On the doors an airy flower bouquet with ribbons each. Breakfront; slightly protruding edges. 85x63x50cm. Condition B.

Provenance:
Private collection NRW.

Literature:
-Josef Maria Greber: Abraham und David Roentgen; M鯾el f黵 Europa; Starnberg 1980. For the type cf. fig. 248 - 251.
-Dietrich Fabian: Abraham und David Roentgen; Bad Neustadt/ Saale 1996. For the type
cf. fig. 454 - 464.
-Wolfram Koeppe: Extravagant Inventions. The princely furniture of the roentgens; New York
2013. For the type cf. p.87.

The piece of furniture presented here is part of a furniture group that is very characteristic for the works of the Roentgen manufacture in the Rococo. The most important traits are the soft; almost fluent forms and the very sculpture-like hoof feet which are usually carved from solid walnut. The very qualitative blossom inlays are also proof of the ability of the Neuwied manufacture which reaches the peak of its Rococo furniture with this furniture type. 85x63x50cm.


Art trade; Van Ham.