Writing and Dressing Table

Jean François Oeben, c. 1762 - c. 1768

This multifunctional piece of furniture was made in the workshop of Jean-François Oeben, which was continued after his death by his widow, Françoise-Marguerite Vandercruse. Despite her second marriage to Oeben’s apprentice, Jean-Henri Riesener, the workshop remained registered under her name.

  • Artwork typetable
  • Object numberBK-16854
  • Dimensionsheight 74.8 cm, width 85.5 cm x depth 41 cm
  • Physical characteristicseikenhout, gefineerd met rozenhout en andere houtsoorten, monturen van verguld brons

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Writing and Dressing Table

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16854

  • Description

    Tafel belijmd met meerdere houtsoorten op een eikenhouten kern, met verguld bronzen beslag. De overhoeks geplaatste gestrekt S-vormige poten lopen over in de geschulpte regels. De voorregel bevat in het midden een geholde, terugspringende lade en gebolde zijstukken en is in zijn geheel uitschuifbaar; boven de lade een opklapbaar blad met spiegel. De regels en het blad vertonen velden met bandwerk; op de voorregel en het blad met bloemmotieven en op de zijregels met vierpas- en vlechtmotieven.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature: ‘J.H.RIESENER’
    • signature: ‘J.F.OEBEN’
    • mark

Creation

  • Creation

    • furniture maker (person): Jean François Oeben, Paris
    • furniture maker (person): Jean-Henri Riesener (possibly), Paris
    • eigenaar meubelatelier: weduwe Jean François Oeben (Françoise-Marguerite Vandercruse), Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1762 - c. 1768

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    eikenhout, gefineerd met rozenhout en andere houtsoorten, monturen van verguld brons

  • Dimensions

    • height 74.8 cm
    • width 85.5 cm x depth 41 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Hannah Mathilde Freifrau von Rothschild, Grüneburg;{Baarsen 2013, p. 179.} …; her grandson Albert Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1879-1941), Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, 1931;{Feulner 1931, p. 245.} …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 79 , no. M 54; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, 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

  • Remarks

    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

    • A. Boutemy in: Connaissance des Arts (1960), sept., p. 35 e.v.
    • Adolf Feulner, in: Belvedere 7 (1925), p. 27-28, afb. 4.
    • Adolf Feulner, 'Französische Möbel in Deutschland', Pantheon 7 (1931), afb. p. 243, p. 245.

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