A pair of Gustavian bedside tables by Georg Haupt (master in Stockholm 1770-1784), not signed.
Veneered with jakaranda, birch and maple. Escutcheons and ring handles made of gilt brass. Cabinet door and drawer. Length 54, width 38, height 78 cm. Keys are included. Key included.
Veneer repairs. Retouches.
Provenance
Statssekreteraren Carl Erik Wadenstierna (1723-1787)
Commissioned 1775 to the newly built manorhouse at Näs in Roslagen
Thence by decent through the famillies Mannerheim and Silfverstolpe
remaining in situ at Näs untill mid 1980s
Through inheritance present owner.
Literature
Slott och Herresäten i Sverige, Uppland 2, Näs, pages 12, 20.
Torsten Sylvén, Mästarnas möbler, Norstedts 1996, one of the lot pair pictured page 173.
Lars Ljungström mfl, Georg Haupt, Gustav III:s hovschatullmakare, Stockholm 2006, one of king Gustav III's bedside tables from 1783 pictured page 117.