Adrian Alan

Artist / Maker / Factory

CHARLES-GUILLAUME WINCKELSEN (1812-1871)

Medium / Material

Ebonised Wood, Gilt-Bronze, Lacquer

Dimensions

150.00cm wide   105.00cm high   54.00cm deep (59.06 inches wide  41.34 inches high  21.26 inches deep)

Description

This Important Louis XVI Style Cabinet by Winckelsen has a shaped Portor marble top above a frieze drawer and two concealed demi-lune drawers above a lacquer panel door. Executed in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e technique against a black ground, the lacquer work door depicts a mountainous landscape in classical Yamato-e style and is of exceptional quality.

Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen (1812-1871) made high quality furniture in the style of the Eighteenth Century during the Nineteenth Century. He was established at 23, Val-Sainte-Catherine, Paris from 1854 until his death in 1871. As a result of his comparatively short career little of his work is available today. All recorded items by this maker are of of the highest quality, especially the bronze work. Jean-Louis-Benjamin Gros was his main furniture maker and Joseph-Nicolas Langlois his chiseller. Although he only worked for a few short years, he was responsible for a number of remarkable copies of Eighteenth Century Royal pieces which he produced for favoured clients including Prince Radziwil and the Maquis de Lillers.

Henry Dasson took over the Winckelsen workshops in July 1871.

Literature

Denise Ledoux-Lebard, 'Les Ebenistes du XIX Siecle', pps 635-8.