Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener

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  Louis XVI style  Kingwood Tulipwood Satine Rubane gilt bronze mounted  Vitrine. circa 1880.  Stamped Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener. 

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circa 1880 Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener Bombay Marquetry Vitrine in  Satiné and Kingwood richly mounted with ormolu.

Born in Herdon, Germany in 1849, Zwiener is recorded as having worked in Paris at 12 Rue de la Roquette from 1880 to 1895. His successful atelier executed elegant pieces of furniture replicating articles from the Garde-Meuble National of France. Working mainly ina vigouous inset with the finest marquetry, Vernis Martin panels and flowing gilt-bronze mounts. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, Zwiener received a gold medal and was lauded by the jurists who noted "des ses richesse, la hardiesse et le fini de ses meubles incrustis de bronzes et fort habilement marquetis". On receiving a royal commission from Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, Zwiener left Paris in 1895, returning to Berlin where he nwas known as Julisu Zwiener. Many of the pieces executed by Zwiener for the Prussian royal palaces were brought to Huis Doorn in Utreht in 1918, where the Kaiser lived in exile until his death in 1941.  Christie's Catalog April 24, 2001 Cat. 9684.