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Writing desk with organiser
Lost Art-ID
632174
Artist / Creator
Gambs, Georg Rudolf (David Roentgen's follower; was listed as work by David Roentgen when purchased. Correct attribution was only made in 2019.)
Birth
1.1.1775, Durlach (Baden)
Death
18.12.1834, Karlsruhe
Place of activity
Durlach (Baden), St. Petersburg, Karlsruhe
Title
Writing desk with organiser
Dating
1790-1800 (around)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood (Mahogany) ; Metal (Bronze) ; Metal (Brass) / gold-plated
Height
175.00 cm
Width
136.00 cm
Depth
69.00 cm
Inventory number
3449
Description
Representative classicist furniture with a palatial structure; writing surface with red leather inlay with numerous ink stains, some of which cover large areas; pull-out standing desk in the upper section, also with red leather covering, and two protruding side drawers; two secret drawers disguised as steps in the side compartments, which are closed with blinds; the lids of the brass crater urns, which served as candle holders, are missing.
Provenance
Created in 1780/1785/90; 1804 lottery in Karlsruhe; ? Rastatt Palace [Baden]?; [Until 1938 collection of art dealer Heinrich Ueberall (20 December 1869, Yaroslavl, Galicia – 27 September 1939, Sachsenhausen concentration camp) and his wife?]; 1938, 31 May auction R. Lepke, Berlin, lot no. 74 (unsold?!), estimated price 3000 RM; sale price 2700 (?); 1940, 22 November purchase from W. Gloose, Antiquitäten, Schillstr. 8, Berlin for the Museum Neuwied for RM 7000 through the mediation of the provincial governor, see letter dated 9 February 1942 in the archive (file with correspondence); Since 1940 to the present day in the collection of the Roentgen Museum Neuwied
Literature / Source
Inventarbuch des Roentgen-Museums S. 73, 74; Willscheid, Bernd: Roentgen & Kinzing à Neuwied. Möbel und Uhren für Europa, Neuwied 2022, S. 86-87; Ebinger, Florian: Georg Rudolph Gambs (1775-1834). Ein Karlsruher Hofschreiner in der Zeitenwende, in: Ausst.-Kat. Möbel à la Roentgen. Inspirationen aus der Neuwieder Manufaktur, Neuwied, Roentgen-Museum, 2023, S. 132-153; Willscheid, Bernd; Cornet, Christine (Hg.): Möbel à la Roentgen. Inspirationen aus der Neuwieder Manufaktur (Ausst.-Kat. Neuwied 2023), S. 286-287.
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Roentgen-Museum Neuwied
Raiffeisenplatz 1a
56564 Neuwied
Germany
Phone
02631 803-379
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