Franz Pergo

Franz Pergo , born as François Parregod (* around 1570 ; † October 15, 1629 in Basel ) was a Swiss cabinet maker and carver of Burgundian origin.

Life

Pergo came from Grandfontaine near Besançon in France . In 1593 he bought the citizenship of the city of Basel as well as the guild rights of the spinning weather guild .

In 1595 he created an in situ preserved door court in Basel's town hall , which was recognized as a masterpiece by the carpentry trade. In 1598 he took part in the production of the “head stalls” for the Basel cathedral . One of the works attributed to Pergo is a cabinet (1619), which later belonged to the lawyer and art collector Remigius Faesch and is now in the Basel Historical Museum .

Pergo died of the plague on October 15, 1629 .

Works

• Door court in the front council chamber (today the council chamber) of the Basel town hall , 1595 (also a masterpiece)
• Head stalls for the Basel Minster, 1598 (together with Hans Walter , Conrad and Mathis Giger ), today in the Basel Historical Museum, Barfüsserkirche
• Cheek table, around 1600 (attributed), today in the Basel Historical Museum
• "Iselin room" with buffet, 1607 (attributed), today in the Basel Historical Museum, Barfüsserkirche
• Cabinet, 1612 (attributed to), Swiss National Museum
• House portal, 1615 (attributed), formerly Steinenvorstadt 7 in Basel, today in the Basel Historical Museum
• Door attachment from the large hall of the saffron guild , 1617, today in the Basel Historical Museum
• Art cabinet, so-called Faesch cabinet, 1619 (attributed), today in the Basel Historical Museum
• Head consoles from the so-called Gundeldinger Täferzimmer (attributed to), today in the Basel Historical Museum
• Pulpit in the Peterskirche in Basel, around 1620 (attributed)

literature

• CH Baer: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Vol. 1: Prehistory, Roman and Franconian times; History and cityscape; Fortifications, area and Rhine bridge; City Hall and State Archives, Basel 1932.
• Carl Brun (Red.): Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, Vol. 2, p. 522.
• Stefan Hess , Wolfgang Loescher : Furniture in Basel. Masterpieces and Masterpiece Orders, Basel 2007
• Stefan Hess / Wolfgang Loescher: Furniture in Basel. Art and craft of the carpenters until 1798, Basel 2012; ISBN 978-3-85616-545-1
• Hans Hoffmann: Swiss Council and Guild Rooms, Frauenfeld / Leipzig 1933
• Paul Koelner : History of the spinning weather guild in Basel and their crafts, Basel 1931.
• Paul Koelner: The guild to the key in Basel, Basel 1953.
• Wolfgang Loescher : The art cabinet from the Faesch Museum. Collecting and piety around 1620, Basler Kostbarkeiten 33, Basel 2012.
• François Maurer: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Vol. 5: The churches, monasteries and chapels, Part 3: St. Peter to Ulrichskirche, Basel 1966.
• Dieter Pfister : Franz Pergo. On furniture art in north-west Switzerland around 1600, Basel 1984; ISBN 3-906430-51-0 .
• Rudolf Riggenbach : Festschrift for the restoration of the Basel government council chamber, Basel 1957.

Web links

• Stefan Hess: Pergo, Franz. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
• Pergo, Franz. In: Sikart