Adrian Alan

Artist / Maker / Factory

ANTOINE KRIEGER (c.1826-c.1880)

Medium / Material

Kingwood, Coromandel Lacquer

Dimensions

139.00cm wide   227.00cm high   56.00cm deep (54.72 inches wide  89.37 inches high  22.05 inches deep)

Description

An Exceptional Marquetry and Lacquer Louis XVI Style Cabinet with Four Spectacular Coromandel Lacquer Panels.

Krieger was a very well respected Nineteenth Century Parisian furniture maker. Antoine Krieger established the flourishing business in Paris with his brother Nicolas from 1826, and became a major manufacturer during the second half of the Nineteenth Century. They exhibited various types of furniture in 1852 and 1855. Antoine Krieger was awarded a 'Medaille de 2ieme classe' at the London Exhibition of 1852.

Literature

Denise Ledoux-Lebard, 'Les Ebenistes du XIX Siecle', pps. 396-7.