Commode suédoise de forme bombée en bois de violette et...
Commode suédoise de forme bombée en bois de violette et bois fruitier, ornementation de bronze doré, par Johan Neijber, vers 1765-70
A Swedish ormolu-mounted kingwood and fruitwood parquetry bombé commode, by Johan Neijber, circa 1765-70
The shaped and moulded eared green Swedish marble top above two short drawers and two long drawers, with pierced foliate escutcheons against trellis parquetry ground, foliate handles and hipped rocaille chutes, above a radiating apron, the sides with a large lozenge motif, the reverse of marble signed in brown pencil 'Johan Neijber', the mounts regilt, 129cm wide, 60cm deep, 77.5cm high (50 3/4in wide, 23 3/4in deep, 30 1/2in high)
Johan Neijber (1746-1795) was appointed maître in 1768, with the submission of a 'commode inlaid with foreign woods' to the jury. Neijber's most important patron was Gustav III, to whom he delivered a commode that still remains in The Royal Palace in Stockholm. A closely related commode by Neijber dating from circa 1768 is illustrated in M.Lagerquist's, Rokokomöbler, Stockholm, 1949, figs. 43-4; while another almost identical commode signed by J.Neijber is illustrated by Torsten Sylvén, Mästarnas Möbeler. Stockholmsarbeten 1700-1850, Värnamo, 1997, pp. 276/277.
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Commode suédoise de forme bombée en bois de violette et bois fruitier, ornementation de bronze doré, par Johan Neijber, vers 1765-70
A Swedish ormolu-mounted kingwood and fruitwood parquetry bombé commode, by Johan Neijber, circa 1765-70
The shaped and moulded eared green Swedish marble top above two short drawers and two long drawers, with pierced foliate escutcheons against trellis parquetry ground, foliate handles and hipped rocaille chutes, above a radiating apron, the sides with a large lozenge motif, the reverse of marble signed in brown pencil 'Johan Neijber', the mounts regilt, 129cm wide, 60cm deep, 77.5cm high (50 3/4in wide, 23 3/4in deep, 30 1/2in high)
Johan Neijber (1746-1795) was appointed maître in 1768, with the submission of a 'commode inlaid with foreign woods' to the jury. Neijber's most important patron was Gustav III, to whom he delivered a commode that still remains in The Royal Palace in Stockholm. A closely related commode by Neijber dating from circa 1768 is illustrated in M.Lagerquist's, Rokokomöbler, Stockholm, 1949, figs. 43-4; while another almost identical commode signed by J.Neijber is illustrated by Torsten Sylvén, Mästarnas Möbeler. Stockholmsarbeten 1700-1850, Värnamo, 1997, pp. 276/277.
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