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François Reizell, maître in 1764.
François Rübestück, maître in 1766.
François Rübestück was a celebrated ébéniste, commissioned by important clients including the duc de Penthièvre, a grandson of Louis XIV. He produced mainly japanned commodes and secrétaires à abattant, for which he was well renowned, but he excelled in his use of floral marquetry as well. Similar floral marquetry secrétaires à abattant by Rübestück have been sold from Godmersham Park, Christie’s, House Sale, 6-9 June 1983, lot 387 (£19,440); Christie’s, London, 16 December 1999, lot 123 (£27,600); and Piasa, Paris, 5 April 2000, lot 70 (180.000 FF).
Interestingly, Pierre Kjellberg suggests Rübestück could possibly also have worked as a restorer, as his stamp is found on a commode of Foullet’s model at the Huntington Library. In this instance, though, he probably subcontracted the marquetry work of the present lot to François Reizell, which would explain both stamps appearing. Reizell, of German origin, is chiefly remembered for his floral marquetry and is also known to have supplied marquetry work to marchands-ébénistes, most notably Leonard Boudin. Similar examples by Reizell were sold from the collection of Madame Maria Cristina Piaggio Croce, Villa Bombrini 'Il Paradiso', Genoa, Christie’s, London, 11 December 2001, lot 89 and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français, p. 679.
François Rübestück, maître in 1766.
François Rübestück was a celebrated ébéniste, commissioned by important clients including the duc de Penthièvre, a grandson of Louis XIV. He produced mainly japanned commodes and secrétaires à abattant, for which he was well renowned, but he excelled in his use of floral marquetry as well. Similar floral marquetry secrétaires à abattant by Rübestück have been sold from Godmersham Park, Christie’s, House Sale, 6-9 June 1983, lot 387 (£19,440); Christie’s, London, 16 December 1999, lot 123 (£27,600); and Piasa, Paris, 5 April 2000, lot 70 (180.000 FF).
Interestingly, Pierre Kjellberg suggests Rübestück could possibly also have worked as a restorer, as his stamp is found on a commode of Foullet’s model at the Huntington Library. In this instance, though, he probably subcontracted the marquetry work of the present lot to François Reizell, which would explain both stamps appearing. Reizell, of German origin, is chiefly remembered for his floral marquetry and is also known to have supplied marquetry work to marchands-ébénistes, most notably Leonard Boudin. Similar examples by Reizell were sold from the collection of Madame Maria Cristina Piaggio Croce, Villa Bombrini 'Il Paradiso', Genoa, Christie’s, London, 11 December 2001, lot 89 and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français, p. 679.