A 10-piece suite of Neoclassical seating furniture - image-1

Lot 1358 Dα

A 10-piece suite of Neoclassical seating furniture

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 10:00 - Deorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
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A 10-piece suite of Neoclassical seating furniture

Beech with gold accents, later cane upholstery, renewed upholstery with blue striped satin covers. Comprising a two-seater sofa and nine chairs. Restored. H chairs ca.95, seat depth ca. 42 cm. H sofa 92, seat depth 60 cm.
Design attributed to Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann, ca. 1790, produced soon after.

Seating furniture, whether in the form of chairs, sofas, or tabourets, was the most common type of furniture produced in Hoffmann's workshop. Whereby it is not known whether Hoffmann's furniture catalogue was simply a collection of popular pieces, or all his designs.

Literature

Cf. other chairs, especially in the Residenzschloss Dresden and Schloss Pillnitz, in: Haase, Dresdener Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1983, illus. 225ff. u. Sulzbacher / Atzig, Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann, Leipzig 2014, no. 15 & 16.