Writing table, Jean François Oeben, c. 1760

Identification

Title(s)

Writing table
Tafel met marqueterie

Object type

Object number

BK-16662

Description

Tafel versierd met marqueterie van roze-, palissander, wortelhout en andere houtsoorten en met verguld brons. De overhoeks geplaatste, gestrekt S-vormige poten dragen onder en boven beslag; boven met ramskoppen. De regels en het, door een verguld bronzen band omgeven, blad vertonen binnen gebiesde velden bloementakken in marqueterie; midden op het blad een bloemenmand. De poten zijn van voren in banen belijmd. De voorregel met lichtgebogen middenstuk en gestrekt S-vormige zijstukken is geheel uitschuifbaar.

Creation

Artist

furniture worker: Jean François Oeben

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1760

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

gild

Measurements

height 73.5 cm
width 64.0 cm × depth 43.5 cm
width 64.0 cm × depth 43.5 cm

Subject

What

flowers ~ ornament

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 337, no. Mo. 55.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Paris 1650-1900 : decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 174-177, cat.nr. 40
Jean-François Oeben 1721-1763, Rosemarie Stratmann-Döhler, fig. p. 119, cat.nr. 148
Catalogus van meubelen en betimmeringen, Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer, afb. 74a/b, cat.nr. 492
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], P.337, cat.nr. Mo.55

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