Maison Steinitz, founded in 1968, is an internationally renowned gallery specializing in interior décor through its unique inventory of period “boiserie” panels, furniture, decorative arts and sculpture from the XVIIth, XVIIIth, and XIXth centuries.
The collection, carefully curated by Benjamin Steinitz, is the perfect representation of his refined taste, and the collaborative efforts of his dedicated team.
Due to the remarkable quality and uniqueness of its works, Galerie Steinitz has successfully earned the loyalty of a very selective clientele of sophisticated collectors, as well as museum curators from major museums throughout the world. Today, more than ever, it remains an unmissable rendezvous for cultural exchange among connoisseurs, art historians, and experts, all united by a shared passion.
Commode with a trophy of arms
executed for
the King Stanislas Leszczynski
(1677-1766)
at the château of Lunéville
Nancy or Lunéville,
Louis XV period, circa 1760.
Carcass of oak and fir; polychrome wood marquetry; main background of the marquetry on the front in pear wood; some backgrounds in rosewood; end-grain yew and wood stained green (sides); chiselled bronzes and gilded with original ormolu; Flanders Royal red marble (Belgian red-grey).
H. 102 cm. (40 1/4 in.)
L. 137.5 cm. (54 1/4 in.)
Pr. 65 cm. (25 1/2 in.).
Provenance
– Executed for the apartments of King Stanislas Leszczynski (1677–1766) at the Château of Lunéville
– Collection of Baron Jean Germain Léon Cassel Van Doorn (1882–1952) and Baroness Marij Vincentia Cassel van Doorn (1911–2006)
– Collection de la Baronne Cassel van Doorn, auction in Paris, Galerie Charpentier, under the supervision of Mr. Etienne Ader, 30th May 1956, lot n° 121, repr. pl. LXI.
Literature on the Château of Lunéville
– Pierre Boye, Les châteaux du roi Stanislas en Lorraine, preface by Pierre Marot, Paris and Marseille, 1980, p. 112
– Jean-Pierre Carciofi, « La Salle des Trophées » (The Trophy Room), Lunéville, Fastes du Versailles lorrain, Volume 2, Décors intérieurs, Mobilier, Objets d’art (dir. of Jacques-Charles Gaffiot), Paris, 2006, p. 168–171.
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