A SUITE OF FRENCH `JAPONISME` GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE - photo 1

A SUITE OF FRENCH `JAPONISME` GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE

Lot 78
26.01.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 75 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 696819
Lot 78 | A SUITE OF FRENCH 'JAPONISME' GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000
A SUITE OF FRENCH 'JAPONISME' GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE

THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EDOUARD LIEVRE, CIRCA 1870

Comprising an armchair and five side chairs, each with a buttoned back and seat covered in brass close-nailed Japanese silk brocade with gold thread, commissioned by François-Joseph Graf and amde by Le Manach, Paris

The armchair: 35 1⁄4 in. (89.5 cm.) high; 24 1⁄2 in. (62 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep







Provenance

Acquired from Patrick Serraire, Paris.





Literature

Galerie Roxane Rodriguez, Optima Propagare Edouard Lièvre, Mobilier & Objects d'Art du XIX siècle, Paris, 2014, pp.32-33 (illustrated).





Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Roxane Rodriguez, Optima Propagare Edouard Lièvre, Mobilier & Objects d'Art du XIX siècle, 16 September - 16 October 2004.





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Artist:Edouard Lievre (1828 - 1886)
Applied technique:Ebonising
Medium:Beechwood, Wood
Art style:Japonism
Auction house category:Armchairs and chairs
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