AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH SERVITEUR À FIDELE

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AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH SERVITEUR À FIDELE
BY JOSEPH EMMANUEL ZWIENER, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED TO KAISER WILHELM II FOR THE SCHLOSS NEUES PALAIS, C. 1895S

A REMOVABLE SERPENTINE RECTANGULAR ORMOLU-MOULDED TABLE WITH A CONFORMING SHAPED APRON APPLIED WITH FINELY CAST FOLIATE SCROLLING MOUNTS ON CABRIOLE LEGS WITH SCROLLING SABOTS MOUNTED AT THE KNEES WITH ROCAILLES ABOVE A SERPENTINE RECTANGULAR ORMOLU-MOULDED TOP APPLIED AT THE ENDS WITH HANDLES OVER A SHAPED FRIEZE APPLIED WITH CRISPLY CAST ROCAILLES WITH INTERLACING TRACERY AND FLOWERING VINES AND FITTED WITH TWO DRAWERS, ON CABRIOLE LEGS WITH FOLIATE SCROLLING SABOTS AND MOUNTED AT THE KNEES WITH FLOWER FILLED CORNUCOPIA, WITH A PAPER LABEL INSCRIBED IN INK 'SCHLOFS NEUES PALAIS, ZIMMER NO. 272, SFDE NO. 28'--33½IN. (85.1CM.) HIGH, 38¼IN. (91.2CM.) WIDE, 24¼IN. (61.6CM.) DEEP

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ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED TO KAISER WILHELM II FOR THE SCHLOSS NEUES PALAIS, SANS SOUCI, POTSDAM, C.1895

拍品专文

ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS ON THE PAPER LABEL OF THIS SERVITEUR FIDELE DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH THE DESCRIPTION CITED IN THE SCHLOFS NEUES PALAIS INVENTORIES, A DESCRIPTION FOR A THEETISCH WITH DIMENSIONS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE OFFERED LOT APPEAR IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE ZWIENER SECRETAIRE (LOT 454)

SCHLOFS NEUES PALAIS WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS JOHANN GOTTFRIED BüRING (1723-1788) AND HEINRICH LUDWIG MANGER (1728-1790) BETWEEN 1755 AND 1763 TO ACCOMODATE ROYAL GUESTS WHILE STAYING IN POTSDAM OR AT SANS SOUCI. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN JUST AFTER THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR IN 1763 AND WAS COMPLETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CARL VON GONTARD (1731-1791) IN 1769. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE NEUES PALAIS WAS USED ONLY OCCASIONALLY FOR ROYAL FESTIVITIES. AFTER 1859, KAISER FRIEDRICH III LIVED HERE WITH HIS WIFE, THE ENGLISH PRINCESS VIKTORIA, AS WELL AS DURING HIS SHORT 99 DAY RULE (MARCH 9 TO JUNE 15, 1888) UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY KAISER WILHEWHO SUPERVISED THE MODERNIZATION OF THE NEUES PALAIS UNTIL 1916, WHICH INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF STEAM HEAT, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND AN ELEVATOR. THE NEUES PALAIS CONTINUED TO BE KAISER WILHELM II'S PREFERRED RESIDENCE UNTIL 1918.

FOR JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, SEE FOOT NOTE TO LOT 454.