A side table attributed to the studio of the Gebrüder Spindler
Palisander, rosewood, walnut, and stained wood veneers on oak, partially engraved and with black contours, ormolu mountings. Four slender curved supports of square section with pronounced knees supporting an apron with three slightly convex faces and one slightly concave face, one drawer to the right. Heart-shaped hinged lid concealing four interior compartments. The top inlaid with a basket of flowers in a large cartouche of C-shaped scrolls and rocailles on striped walnut veneer. The apron decorated with single flowers in four fields. Lockplate and key replaced. Minor losses, older restorations. H 69, W 41.5, D 33.2 cm.
Potsdam, Johann Friedrich and Heinrich Wilhelm Spindler, circa 1760 - 70.
Provenance
Private collection, Westphalia.
Literature
A second identical table is listed in: Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, vol. II, Munich 1970, illus. 797, with the notice "München, Kunsthandel (ehemals Potsdam Sanssouci, Neues Palais)".
Cf. Sangl, Spindler?, in: Journal of the Furniture History Society, Leeds 1992, vol. XXVII, p. 22-66.
Cf. Graf v. Pfeil, Die Möbel der Residenz Ansbach, Munich-London-New York 1999, no. 74, with a similar piece by François Bayer.
Cf. Leben, From Potsdam to Waddesdon Manor, in: Cleveland Studies in the History of Art, 8/2003, p. 156-169.
Cf. Graf, Die friderizianischen Schildpattmöbel, in: cat. Friderisiko, Berlin-München 2012, p. 211 ff.