Elegant Louis XV Style Marquetry Dressing Table Attributed To Joseph - Emmanuel Zwiener

Elegant Louis XV style dressing table in marquetry of violet wood, satinwood and gilt bronze. comprising five drawers in the belt. Beautiful floral marquetry with diamond-shaped crosspieces. Rich ornamentation in gilded and chiseled bronze. Dressing table attributed to the famous cabinetmaker Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, born in Germany in 1849, settled on rue de la Roquette in 1880 where his workshops produced a large quantity of furniture. He copied almost all the styles, from “Boulle” to “Louis XVI”, including extraordinary and very personal interpretations of an exuberant Louis XV style. He participated in the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, where he won a gold medal for having presented a remarkable copy of the “most famous piece of furniture in the world”, the desk of King Louis XV, the work of Riesener and Oeben. The Exhibition catalogue praised his work very highly, describing it as “perfect”. Like François Linke, another famous cabinetmaker of this period, Zwiener had most of his bronzes, considered to be of completely superior quality, modeled by Léon Messagé.