A ROYAL LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY FOUR-PANEL SCREEN

Lot 95
12.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1344986
Lot 95 | A ROYAL LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY FOUR-PANEL SCREEN
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY FOUR-PANEL SCREEN
BY JOSEPH GENGENBACH, KNOWN AS CANABAS, CIRCA 1780
Each panel inset with an associated eighteenth-century Japanese painting depicting the Tale of Genji, the rising action of the panels released by a button to the side, an ormolu handle to each panel top, above a pierced trellis panel, stamped J. CANABAS to right hand panel and branded BV beneath a crown to underside of two panels
37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) high, 17 in. (43.5 cm.) wide, each panel (including handle)




Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Mesdames de France, the daughters of Louis XV and the aunts of Louis XVI, for their use at the château de Bellevue.
Acquired from Kraemer, Paris.
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