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A Very Fine Centre Table in the Manner of Adam Weisweiler, Signed by Johnstone & Norman of London
( England
c. 1880
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Dimensions
66.00cm high
( 25.98 inches high)
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Diameter:
68.00cm
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26.77 inches in diameter)
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Provenance
Johnstone and Norman
John Johnstone, cabinet maker, of Bond Street came to prominence after his collaboration with Robert Jupe, upholder of 47 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, who had patented a remarkable design for a circular expanding dining table with a segmented top in 1835. The partnership of ‘Johnstone, Jupe & Co’ was formed, trading from 67 New Bond Street. After Jupe’s death, the firm traded as ‘Johnstone and Jeanes’ from 1842 until 1880, then becoming ‘Johnstone and Norman’, and trading until the early years of the twentieth century.
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Literature:
Adam Weisweiler ( 1744-1820)
Born in Neuwied, and believed to have served his apprenticeship under the tutelage of one the greatest of all German cabinet makers, David Roentgen, he established himself at 67 Rue du Faubourg-Sainte-Antoine in the reign of Louis XV1th, obtaining Royal Commisions from the Queen for the Chateau St. Cloud. Madame de Pompadour and her brother, the Marquis de Marigny encouraged his adoption of the restrained gout anglais. Features that were repeated in his oeuvres were the loop form stretcher, and the cluster colonettes.
Lierature; ‘Weisweiler’ by Segoura et Lemonnier, Paris 1983
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Description / Expertise
Constructed in Gilt Bronze and Mahogany, rising from castor shod toupie feet, conjoined with a cross shaped loop form stretcher centred with a circular boss, having four triple form cluster supports, each headed with a lion’s mask ring handle, the platform having radial flame veneers, with an ebony guard band inlay, and enclosed within a shuttered gilt bronze trim. Stamped to the underside by the makers, ‘Johnstone & Norman, 67 New Bond Street’.
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