Fine Furniture: One of Koller's Mainstays

Fine furniture has always ranked among Koller’s most important departments. Established by founder Pierre Koller and expanded by Luca Raschèr, the furniture department regularly achieves top results, placing Koller among the world's leading auctioneers for 18th and 19th century furnishings. Important furniture of courtly provenance enjoys great popularity among buyers with exquisite taste and attract an international clientele to Zurich. However, collectors will also find a broad offer of beautiful furniture of civil origin ranging from the Swiss Renaissance to Viennese Biedermeier. The department’s expertise is rounded off by a specialization in important clocks, tapestries and bronzes.
 

Next Auction: 25 March 2010


Preview in Zurich:
13 - 21 March 2010

Preview of highlights:
Düsseldorf: 25 - 26 February 2010


Furniture - Sale 25 March 2010
Highlights		    

1147   A152/1050
PAINTED CABINET ON STAND
Regence, Netherlands or England circa 1700/1720.

CHF 180 000.- / 280 000.-
(€ 121 620.- / 189 190.-)

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1147   A152/1080
BUREAU MAZARIN
Louis XIV, from a Parisian master workshop, circle of P. Gole, circa 1700.

CHF 160 000.- / 260 000.-
(€ 108 110.- / 175 680.-)

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1147   A152/1082
CONSOLE TABLE
Louis XIV, after models by D. Marot, Netherlands circa 1680/1700.

CHF 180 000.- / 280 000.-
(€ 121 620.- / 189 190.-)

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1147   A152/1200
„LE FUMEUR“ CLOCK WITH MUSICAL MOVEMENT
Empire, from a Parisian master workshop, probably by P.P. THOMIRE, the movement signed H. CAPT, circa 1810/1820.

CHF 120 000.- / 180 000.-
(€ 81 080.- / 121 620.-

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The Régence lacquer cabinet (lot 1050) featured in Koller‘s fine furniture auction this March is as much a work of art as a fine example of early 18th century cabinetmaking. Painted on all surfaces with exquisite floral still lifes, this extremely rare cabinet on stand epitomizes the highest quality among painted furniture in Holland and England of this period. A “bureau Mazarin” from the circle of the celebrated French cabinetmaker Pierre Gole (lot 1080) is remarkable for its extremely fine floral and foliate marquetry as well as its elegant and unusual herm scrolling legs. Gole, the leading cabinetmaker of the first half of Louis XIV‘s reign, is famous for the invention of this particular form of desk, named after Cardinal Mazarin, the effective ruler of France during the later period of the young Louis‘ regency, and his floral marquetry is equal to the finest still lifes painted by Dutch artists of the same period. Another exceptional Louis XIV period piece is the console table “Aux têtes de Romains” (lot 1082). Inspired by sketches by Daniel Marot. This piece nicely illustrates the cultural and artistic exchanges between the Netherlands and France during the second half of the 17th century. While France was the absolute focal point for culture and what we would call today “lifestyle” during Louis XIV‘s reign, many of the artisans who created these masterpieces were of Dutch origin: Pierre Gole, Oppenordt, and Boulle to name a few. On the other hand, the Netherlands looked to French designers, such as Daniel Marot, for inspiration. Marot actually finished his career in The Hague, where he emigrated like many other French Huguenots after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.