High-Quality Biedermeier Ensemble consisting of a Dainty Low Cabinet in Chest Form; a Bookcase and a Writing Secretary. Excellent Original Condition. Attributed to a Master Cabinetmaker from Zeitz.
Thuringia, Zeitz, circa 1835/40.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood carcase.
Partial thread inlays in colored maple.
Original, pressed brass fittings with brass handles. Massive, cast bronze column bases and Corinthian capitals.
The original feet are cherry wood veneered.
Original locks and keys.
The bookcase with predominantly authentic glazing and two original shelves.
Literature for comparison: A very similar writing secretary from the hand of a Zeitz master cabinetmaker can be found illustrated in: Heise, Katrin, Sächsische und thüringische Biedermeiersekretäre, Weimar 2001, p. 198, fig. 58, also p. 202, fig. 62.
Dimensions:
The secretary: Height: 182 cm; Width: 120 cm; Depth: 66 cm.
Dainty Demi-Lune half cabinet on high, flared legs.
Franconia, around 1820.
Selected grained walnut veneer veneered on softwood.
Original, high pointed legs in solid walnut.
Original inlaid ebonized wood entry key plate and authentic brass pull knob.
Delicate pillar half cabinet with convex curved door, concealed base drawer and lockable head drawer.
Central Germany, probably Berlin, around 1825/30.
Pyramid mahogany and mahogany veneered on oak and softwood.
One castle original, another added.
Delicate Semanière in preserved original condition. Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, design and execution attributed to his manufactory.
Design and implementation attributed to Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, Vienna, around 1825.
Vertically mirrored cherry wood veneer veneered on a softwood body.
The three-quarter columns are veneered in cherry wood in a corkscrew-like manner.
Columns partially structured with mahogany band inlays.
Original, turned feet.
Drawer front pieces veneered on the inside with maple veneer.
Two original steel cut keys. Heart shaped entry key plates brass.
Original locks with finely crafted file line borders.
See design drawing for a Semanière (weekly chest of drawers) from Danhauser’s hand: “Chifonier No. 14”, inventory number KI 8971-1108, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. This is also a seven-drawer semanière with the same treatment of the final profile of the cover page
Two-drawer Biedermeier chest of drawers with a beautiful veneer pattern.
Thuringia, around 1815/20.
Lively grained, multi-mirrored cherry wood veneer on maple veneer.
Blackened solid pearwood strips.
Original, veneered pointed legs.
Fine brass inlays on a dark brown colored maple wood background.
Original locks and an original key.
Museum-quality Biedermeier chest of drawers with fine, floral gold painting.
Franconia, around 1820.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood body.
Blackened parts of ebonized pearwood. Original column bases turned lime wood, regilded. carved, Corinthian capitals made of lime wood. Original gilding partially ignored.
Original pointed feet.
Original locks with an original key.
Literature for comparison: A very similar Biedermeier chest of drawers, also with floral paintings, is shown in Pressler, Rudolf; Döbner, Stefan; Eller, Wolfgang; Biedermeier furniture, Munich 2001, p. 88, fig. 20.
Literature for comparison:
This chest of drawers can be found at Haaf, Rainer, Biedermeier-Welten. Germany and the Danube Monarchy, Leopoldshafen 2024, p. 59, fig. 103.
Exceptional, free-standing Biedermeier pillar cabinet with carrying handles.
Preserved original condition.
Rhineland, around 1830.
Cherry wood veneered on pine, poplar and oak. Original, partially blackened pointed legs. Original fittings and pull knobs.
Dainty Biedermeier Demi-Lune low cabinet.
Probably Mainz, around 1825.
Cherry wood veneered on softwood.
Original locks and keys.
Authentic shelf.
Exceptionally delicate Biedermeier chest of drawers.
Thuringia, around 1830.
Cherry and maple (intarsia) veneered on softwood. Original, inlaid key plates with arabesque ornamentation.
Original tapered legs with thread inlays.
Authentic mortise locks.
Delicate, classicist chest of drawers with spring drawer.
Schleswig-Holstein, around 1770/80.
Solid rosewood and veneered on an oak body and partially softwood.
Original console feet.
Original brass column bases and capitals and key plate in predominantly original gilding,
Authentic locks and springs behind the head drawer embedded in the dresser frieze.
