Breakfast Service and Toilet Set, so-called “Golden Night Things”
ca. 1750 | Anton Matthias Joseph Domanek
The set, made from high-carat gold, contains more than seventy individual pieces. It numbers among the few ensembles of this type preserved worldwide. Though likely created as a gift from Maria Theresa to Francis I, it shows few signs of use. This major work of Viennese goldsmithing had already been transferred to the treasury by 1781.
The set, made from high-carat gold, contains more than seventy individual pieces. It numbers among the few ensembles of this type preserved worldwide. Though likely created as a gift from Maria Theresa to Francis I, it shows few signs of use. This major work of Viennese goldsmithing had already been transferred to the treasury by 1781.
Artist:
Anton Matthias Joseph Domanek (1713 Wien - 1779 Wien)
Time:
ca. 1750
Object Name
Service; Toilet Set
Culture
Vienna
Material/technology:
Gold, ebony, porcelain, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl, blade steel
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 1197 und andere