Lot 479: A rare pair of Regency period rosewood and gilt brass mounted secretaire bookstands Attributed to Heinrich Ludwig Goertz, circa 1810...

Name: A rare pair of Regency period rosewood and gilt brass mounted secretaire bookstands Attributed to Heinrich Ludwig Goertz, circa 1810...
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
SKU: xscbktjkrr

Est: £20,000 GBP - £25,000 GBP

Lyon & TurnbullEdinburgh, United KingdomMarch 21, 2007

Item Overview

Description

A rare pair of Regency period rosewood and gilt brass mounted secretaire bookstands
Attributed to Heinrich Ludwig Goertz, circa 1810

each surmounted by a ''heart''-pierced three quarter gilt-brass gallery above three shelves with shallow ledge backs supported on finely-turned gilt brass baluster uprights joined by cross framed engine turned braces centred by rosette bosses, each fall front opening to a reveal a fitted interior with pigeon-holes and drawers, a hide writing slope and pen trays, above a pair of cupboard doors, each fitted with diagonal gilt-brass trellis grilles backed by green pleated silk, on intricately chased and matted gilt-brass splayed feet, decorated with stylised scrolling acanthus leaves (2)
97cm wide, 169cm high, 25cm deep

Artist or Maker

Heinrich (1812) Ludwig

Notes

Note: The extraordinary quality
of this pair of cabinets and their ''high-style'' design, is reminiscent of furniture supplied to Carlton House and The Royal
Pavilion in Brighton. At the sale of the contents of Hadspen House,
Castle Cary, Somerset (Sotheby''s on the premises 29-31 May 1996), the
home of the Hobhouse Family, a pair of cabinets with the original bill
and accompanying correspondence between Heinrich Ludwig Goertz and his
client Wesley Oldham were offered. Although made in mahogany, the cabinets had
identical brass galleries to this pair and the doors also featured brass
grilles and silks. Again, these were also of very high quality and in an
exceptionably fashionable style. The bill was dated April 19th 1824 which
helps us to assign these cabinets to a similar
period, if anything it might be argued that they have a slightly earlier feel to them,
though both pairs featured internal fittings and
rounded front corners.

Heinrich Ludwig Goertz was born in Hanover but emigrated to England
around 1800 where he quickly established himself as a leading
cabinetmaker and upholsterer employed by the Royal Family for over a
quarter of a century. By 1814 he had been appointed Upholsterer to Queen
Charlotte at Frogmore House and he subsequently held the posts of
Upholsterer in Ordinary to King George IV and Cabinet Maker and
Upholsterer in Ordinary to King William IV. Together with his son who
joined him prior to 1837, Goertz opened showrooms in Windsor and the
firm went on to supply furniture and other goods both to Queen Victoria
and her Mother, The Duchess of Kent. Edward Joy has the firm working for
the Royal Family throughout the 19th. Century.
Over the years Goertz was involved in the furnishing and decoration of
Windsor Castle, Cumberland Lodge and The Cottage as well as The King''s
Lodge, Hampton Court, Brighton Pavilion, Carlton House and Buckingham
Palace. In 1824, the year the Oldham Cabinets were produced, Goertz was
also at work at both Carlton House and the Pavilion where among other
items he supplied ''two rosewood cylinder bookstands'' and a japanned
''hyacinth stand'' fashioned in imitation of bamboo with blue and white
china.

Examples of Goertz''s work outside of the Royal Circle are extremely
rare. The size of the Oldham invoice (£50-6/-0d) and the outstanding
nature of these pieces suggest that he was a patron of considerable
wealth. The accompanying letter proves the idiosyncracies of Goertz''s
English as well as the strong personal relationship he appears to have
cultivated with his clients.

His German background would have struck a sympathetic chord with that of
the Hanoverian Monarchs.

Auction Details

Fine Antiques

Lyon & Turnbull

March 21, 2007, 11:00 AM EST

33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EBH, EH1 3RR, UK

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