GUSTAVIAN STYLE COMMODE

THIS IS A COPY OF A COMMODE ORIGINALLY MADE FOR KING GUSTAF III OF SWEDEN BY GEORG HAUPT THAT IS NOW IN THE JONES COLLECTION AT THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

SWEDISH C. 1930-1940

MAHOGANY AND BIRCHWOOD WITH INLAYS OF HAREWOOD, BOXWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND SATINWOOD

GEORG HAUPT (1741-1784) was Sweden's greatest cabinetmaker and ranks as one of Europe's great master ébéniste, alongside the greatest ones in France and Germany. He became apprentice in Sweden and later worked in Paris and in London in 1767, where he made, among other pieces, a table now in the Victoria & Albert Museum and a commode at Harewood House in Yorkshire.

He returned to Stockholm in 1769 and was appointed Court Cabinetmaker to King Adolf Fredric of Sweden and admitted a Master in 1770. His masterpiece was a desk ordered by the King as a Christmas present for Queen Lovisa Ulrica.

Many pieces of Haupt's furniture are still in the Swedish Royal Collection and are found in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Princess Sophia Albertina's Palace in Stockholm, Drottningholm Palace, the Haga Royal Pavilion and Tullgarn Palace

Length: 48 ½" / 124 cm, Height: 30 ¼" / 77 cm, Depth: 18 ¾" / 47 cm

Ref. HG 7154