Furniture by one of the greatest cabinet-makers of the eighteenth century
Pair of corner cupboards
1780Oak, mahogany, satinwood, sycamore, purplewood, holly, gilt bronze | 96.1 x 101.5 x 69.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 21212
In January 1780 Riesener was called to Louis XVI’s private study at Versailles in order to take measurements of the room, and the furniture in it, including Louis XV’s roll-top desk and a chest of drawers, so that he may make this pair of complementary corner cupboards. Both cupboards share many stylistic similarities with the chest of drawers, including a curved front, scrolling acanthus feet, a Hercules mask frieze and console mounts in the form of female terms.
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Creator(s)
Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) (cabinet maker)
Acquirer(s)
George Watson Taylor (1770–1841)
Joseph Fogg (1788–1830)
96.1 x 101.5 x 69.2 cm (whole object)
Louis XVI, made for the King's Cabinet, Versailles, 1780; sold to Jean-Georges Treuttel, 1794; George Watson Taylor, his sale Christie's, London, 28 May 1825 lot 59, where bought by Robert Fogg for George IV (46 guineas).
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Felines
- Lions
- Felines
- Carnivorous mammals
- Animals
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Roses
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Zoology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Armour
- Helmets
- Armour
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Hercules
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- furnishings
- furniture
- case furniture
- cupboards
- corner cupboards
- cupboards
- case furniture
- furniture
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
