Semainier

1810 - 1823

A semainier is a chiffonier or chest with seven drawers. One of the drawers serves as a writing top, housing a glass inkpot and sandbox with silver-plated lid. Furniture-maker Pierre Henri Schadde (1788-1823) was born in Goch (Nordrhein-Westphalia). In 1814 he married Petronella Van Herck from Retie in Antwerp. The marriage certificate already refers to him as ébéniste; he signed his name A. Schadden. His son Henricus Martinus Josephus Schadde (1818-1894) became an architect, designing (among other things) the Antwerp stock exchange.

• Actors

  Schadde, Pierre Henri Antoine (Maker)

  Nolau, François-Claude (Makerbis)

• Places and dates

  Antwerp, 1810? - 1823 (Production)

• Materials

  Bronze , Glass , Mahogany , Marble , Metal

• Category

  Case furniture

• Object number

  S75/177

• IPR status

  Public domain