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JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER
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An Exceptional Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood and Marquetry Bedroom Suite by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener Stamped ‘E. ZWIENER’.
Bed Height 167 cm / 66 in. Width 174 cm / 69 in. Length 221 cm / 87 in. Armoire Height 250 cm / 98 in. Width 240 cm / 94 in. Depth 61 cm / 24 in. Dressing Table Height 193 cm / 76 in. Width 160 cm / 63 in. Depth 64 cm / 25 in. Ref: B66685
Paris, Circa 1889. This important bedroom suite comprising a dressing table, armoire and bed, exhibits distinct similarities to the Zwiener bedroom suite, commissioned circa 1898 for Kaiser Wilhelm II, and now in the permanent collection of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin. Zwiener’s work is remarkable for its organic, sculptural quality combining the traditional rococo style of the eighteenth century with the contemporary Art Nouveau, creating a careful balance between a decorative and compositional vocabulary.
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