Furniture - Sale 25 March 2010 Resultlist

		A152/1050 PAINTED CABINET ON STAND Regence, Netherlands or England circa 1700/1720. Sold for CHF 324 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.

		A152/1082 CONSOLE TABLE Louis XIV, after models by D. Marot, Netherlands circa 1680/1700. Sold for CHF 240 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.

		A152/1120 LADY'S DESK "A FLEURS" Louis XV, stamped HACHE FILS A GRENOBLE, Grenoble circa 1759/60. Sold for CHF 240 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.

		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. Sold for CHF 126 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.

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.