ID 1345079
Lot 114 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PEWTER-INLAID JAPANESE LACQUER AND EBONY SIDE TABLE
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 400 000
BY ADAM WEISWEILER, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY DOMINIQUE DAGUERRE, CIRCA 1785-1790
With an associated, possibly early-19th century, rectangular white veined marble top above a central frieze drawer mounted with an ormolu plaque depicting putti emblematic of the arts and sciences, flanked by two drawers inset with panels of Japanese lacquer, the sides with similar Japanese lacquer panels, on octagonal tapering legs inlaid with pewter flutes, on toupie feet joined by an interlaced stretcher, the legs headed with Classical urn mounts
36 ½ in. (93 cm.) high, 46 in. (117 cm.) wide, 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sold with the stock of the marchand Philippe-Claude Maëlrondt, Paris, 15 November 1824, lot 329.
Mrs. A.E. Pleydell-Bouverie; Sotheby's; London, 13 December 1968, lot 128 (to Partridge).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1982, lot 162.
Acquired from Galerie Segoura, Paris.
Literature
P. Lemonnier, Weisweiler, Paris, 1983, p. 118.
| Artist: | Adam Weisweiler (1746 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Ebonising, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
| Artist: | Adam Weisweiler (1746 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Ebonising, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
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