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An Important Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Lacquer Cabinet by Charles Guillaume Winckelsen ( 1860 )
| Artists: |
CHARLES-GUILLAUME WINCKELSEN (1817-1871) |
| Dimensions: | 150.00cm wide 105.00cm high 54.00cm deep (59.06 inches wide 41.34 inches high 21.26 inches deep) |
| Description: |
The shaped Portor marble top over a frieze drawer and two concealed demi-lune drawers over a Japanese lacquer panelled door flanked by open shelves on square tapering legs. 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. |
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