Lot 361: Julius Wanschaff - Chair of Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861)

Julius Wanschaff - Chair of Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). On the backrest a dedication on a silvered plaque: IHREM VEREHRTEN MEISTER 1833 / LOEWENSTEIN / KASELOWSKI / MOSER / POHLKE / WAGNER. Mahogany, partially solid, veneered with maple inlays; brass feet with rollers; textile renewed. 1833

41 3/8 x 28 x 29 1/2 in.

Newly upholstered with horsehair

Appears in the Wilhelm Hensel painting: „Der Bildhauer und Vergolder Theophil Uber", circa 1840, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel and Jutta Arnold: Wilhelm Hensel. Maler und Porträtist 1794-1861, Berlin 2004, p. 186, fn. 6

1833 as gift to Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861), Berlin / after 1861 his son Sebastian Hensel (1830-1898) / to his son Paul Hensel (1860-1930), Erlangen / to his daughter Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel (1923-2012) / private collection, Brandenburg