Lot 46: A SWEDISH BAROQUE GILTWOOD CENTER TABLE, CIRCLE OF BURCHARD PRECHT (1651-1738) LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

height 32 1/4 in.; width 38 in.; depth 23 1/2 in. 82 cm; 96.5 cm; 58.5 cm

The double C-scrolls of the legs of the table are a trademark of Precht's style. The name of Precht is closely associated with the production of furniture of high quality in Sweden in the late seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth century. Originally from Bremen, Precht arrived in Stockholm in 1674 to work at the Drottningholm Palace and was named carver to the court in 1682. In 1687-88 he travelled to Rome and Paris with the court architect Nicodemus Tessin, which strongly influenced his work and led to many eccelsiastical commissions. A related table is illustrated in S. Wallin, Nordiska Museets Möbler från Svenska Herremanshem, Lund, 1979, vol. I., fig. 221, 222 and 223.