Fernand Kohl
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Double Bed
£22,000
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Double Bed. This fine double bed has a rectangular headboard with a shaped cornice above a frieze with finely...
Dimensions
Height: 144 cm (57 in)Width: 168 cm (67 in)
Depth: 205 cm (81 in)
Description
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Double Bed.
This fine double bed has a rectangular headboard with a shaped cornice above a frieze with finely cast, gilt-bronze vitruvian scroll decoration below is three quarter veneered panels framed by gilt-bronze and flanked by uprights headed by gilt-bronze trailing bell husks. The foot board incorporates similar decoration and is further enhanced by a finely cast, entwined gilt-bronze ribbon to the apron and anthemion mounts to the uprights above turned toupie feet.
Date
Circa 1900
Origin
France
Medium
Mahogany
Signature
Stamped 'KOHL' to the reverse of the bronze mounts.
Fernand Kohl was situated at 55 rue Traversière, Paris and exhibited at the 1889 Paris Exhibition Universelle, where he was awarded a medal. He was particularly known for executing exceptional furniture in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles using rich mahogany and rosewood veneers and fine gilt-bronze mounts.
Examples of Fernand Kohl’s work can be found in the French National Collection at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Bibliography:
Ledoux-Lebard, Denise. Dictionnaire des Ebénistes et Menuisiers du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l‚’Amateur, (Paris), 1989; p. 390.