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A German Neoclassical Rectangular Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany, Maple and Fruitwood Inlaid Center Table, Possibly by Johann Michael Rummer, follower of David Roentgen, Circa 1790
Lot Closed
October 19, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A German Neoclassical Rectangular Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany, Maple and Fruitwood Inlaid Center Table, Possibly by Johann Michael Rummer, follower of David Roentgen, Circa 1790
height 28½in. ; width 27 in.; depth 18 in.
72.4 cm; 68.5 cm; 45.7 cm
Maurice Segoura, Paris.
Collection Safra.
Related literature:
Wolfgang L. Eller, Möbel des Klassizimus, Louis XVI und Empire, Munich, 2002 p.184 ill. 242. for a comparable table from Thüringen, circa 1795.
Michael Rummer (1747-1821), from Handschuhsheim near Heidelberg, is credited with producing some of the finest marquetry panels in the à la mosaïque technique developed by the Roentgen workshop in the late 1760's. Rummer came to fame during his second stay with Roentgen in Neuwied when working on important commissions for Marie-Antoinette and Prince Karl Alexander von Lothringen (1778/79).
A comparable circular table, attributed to Michael Rummer has been sold:
Christie's, London June 10, 2004, lot 118
An almost identical bigger table attributed to the Berlin furniture maker J.G. Fiedler was offered for sale:
Sotheby's, London, June 14, 2000, lot 67