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An Important Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cabinet ( France c. 1860 )
CHARLES-GUILLAUME WINCKELSEN (1812-1871)
Signed, Inscribed, Dated
Stamped to the back of the carcass 'CHLES. WINCKELSEN - 21 RUE ST. LOUIS - (AU MARAIS)'.
Medium
Ebonised Wood, Gilt-Bronze, Lacquer
Dimensions:
150.00cm wide
(59.06 inches)
105.00cm high
(41.34 inches)
54.00cm deep
(21.26 inches)
Description / Expertise
This Important Louis XVI Style Cabinet by Winckelsen has a shaped Portor marble top above a frieze drawer and two concealed demi-lune drawers above a lacquer panel door. Executed in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e technique against a black ground, the lacquer work door depicts a mountainous landscape in classical Yamato-e style and is of exceptional quality.
Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen (1812-1871) made high quality furniture in the style of the Eighteenth Century during the Nineteenth Century. He was established at 23, Val-Sainte-Catherine, Paris from 1854 until his death in 1871. As a result of his comparatively short career little of his work is available today. All recorded items by this maker are of of the highest quality, especially the bronze work. Jean-Louis-Benjamin Gros was his main furniture maker and Joseph-Nicolas Langlois his chiseller. Although he only worked for a few short years, he was responsible for a number of remarkable copies of Eighteenth Century Royal pieces which he produced for favoured clients including Prince Radziwil and the Maquis de Lillers.
Henry Dasson took over the Winckelsen workshops in July 1871.
Literature
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, 'Les Ebenistes du XIX Siecle', pps 635-8.
Status
FOR SALE
