ID 1027716
Lot 439 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 40 000
BY PIERRE GARNIER AND JACQUES D'AUTRICHE, CIRCA 1775
The canted and molded rectangular rouge royale marble top above a façade with a double border inlaid sans traverse, with roundel angles, the fall-front enclosing a green gilt-tooled leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior with six drawers surrounding a central compartment beneath two short and one long shelf, the lower section with two doors opening to reveal a shelf, between canted stop-fluted angles headed by three small roundels, on a molded base, stamped twice 'P. GARNIER' and once 'J.DAUTRICHE' and 'JME'
50 ¼ in. (127.5 cm.) high, 40 in. (101.5 cm.) wide, 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. Pradère, Les Ébenistes Français : De Louis XIV à la Révolution, 1989, p. 251.
C. Huchet de Quénetain, Pierre Garnier, Paris, 2003, p. 35.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Amaranth, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Desks and bureaus |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Amaranth, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Desks and bureaus |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Address of auction |
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