Secretaire Stamped M.ohneberg - Louis XVI Period

Secretaire stamped MARTIN.OHNEBERG (Master Cabinetmaker), dating from the Louis XVI period, oak frame and marquetry of rosewood, violet wood, maple, lemon tree, sycamore and boxwood fillets with floral and fruit decorations, planters with flowers on the two lower hinged doors and a basket of fruit on the flap. According to "Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle de François de Salverte" OHNEBERG (Martin), born around 1739, obtained letters of mastery in Paris on July 7, 1773. Throughout the reign of Louis XVI, he operated a very active workshop, located rue Traversière-Saint-Antoine, “on the left by the Grande-rue”. He later lived in the Cour de la Juiverie, where he was still living in the spring of 1798. This craftsman worked for a host of fashionable merchants. He composed his works with care, in a sober and light taste. Étienne Garin, rue de Charenton, was one of the founders to whom he asked for their ornaments — We know of many pieces signed M. OHNEBERG. The Chaalis collections bequeathed to the Institute by Mrs. Édouard André contain a small lady's desk, in rosewood, which bears the stamp of this master. Many of his pieces of furniture feature graceful marquetry with flower designs and attribute trophies. In the catalog of the Alfred Bergaud sale is reproduced a half-moon chest of drawers decorated in this way; a secretary of the same kind is with the Baron de La Rochette, in his castle, near Melun.