#wood inlay

21st century Italian Klismos chair in Empire (early 19th century) style

A large scale Italian neoclassical chair finely crafted in ebony and pau marfim veneers. Extraordinary details include a frieze of seven classical figures with floral and foliage detailing. Chair is upholstered in black leather with a loose down feather seat cushion.

Maker: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780). Date: ca. 1780. Culture: German, Neuwied am Rhein. The Roentgen manufactory was particularly well known for its rolltop writing desks with four, six, or even eight legs, distinguished in the 1770s by the accomplished marquetry á la mosaïque (also known as “painting in wood”) and gilt-bronze mounts that decorated their exteriors.