Secretary, commode and table

Friedrich Frickhinger, 1834

German-born Blechschmidt worked for leading Paris cabinetmakers and specialized in colourful marquetry (inlaid work) in various materials. He used an Italian Renaissance style for the marquetry here. Friedrich Frickhinger, one of his pupils and also a German active in Paris, made the furniture. He placed his signature and the date, 1834, on the inside of the secretary.

  • Artwork typesecretary
  • Object numberBK-2008-53
  • Dimensionsheight 148.5 cm x width 100 cm x depth 48 cm
  • Physical characteristicseikenhout, palissanderhout, mahoniehout en satijnhout, belijmd met palissanderhout, satijnhout, purperharthout, koper, messing en ivoor, monturen van messing, blad van portoro gold marmer