A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-INLAID, FRUITWOOD, MACASSAR EBONY, WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Starting price
40000GBP £ 40 000
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ID 1225531
Lot 43 | A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-INLAID, FRUITWOOD, MACASSAR EBONY, WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
CIRCA 1670, PROBABLY BY AUBERTIN GAUDRON
The two doors with upper grille sections above marquetry panels inlaid with flowering vases, enclosing four shelves, the sides with pewter-inlaid scrollwork panels, on a shaped plinth base, restorations
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Mes Audap, Godeau, Solanet, Paris, 16 December 1991, lot 128, where acquired by the present owner.
| Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) |
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| Applied technique: | Marquetry |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
| Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) |
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| Applied technique: | Marquetry |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
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