Date: Paris around 1785, Louis XVI period
Artist: Joseph Gegenbach, called Canabas (Master in 1766)
– attributed to –
Material: Mahogany, white marble plate, original glass, on rolling brass feet, two shelves next to the mirror, adjustable
Measurement: 91 cm (high), 158 cm (high incl. mirror), 66 cm (diameter)
Rel. Literature: Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Les editions de l’amateur,
Paris 1989, S.144 – 148
Nicolay, Jean. L’art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1982, S.28
Rel. Works: Scheermeubel, Het Domein van het kasteel van Seneffe
This object is part of the exhibition “Kassel… washed with all waters” 2020 of the mhk Kassel: museum-kassel.de/en/exhibitions/