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ARMOIRE D`ARCHITECTE D`ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI

Lot 192
17.06.2022 10:30UTC +02:00
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€ 75 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 778151
Lot 192 | ARMOIRE D'ARCHITECTE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 60 000 – 100 000
ARMOIRE D'ARCHITECTE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI

ATTRIBUÉE À JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, VERS 1775

En acajou et placage d'acajou de Saint-Domingue, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, la façade architecturée, la corniche à architraves appliquée de denticules, ouvrant par quatre portes compartimentées, au centre l'intérieur découvrant huit tablettes porte-gravures, les côtés découvrant sept étagères, les montants en pilastre cannelé et rudenté de tiges d'asperges appliqué en partie supérieure de consoles feuillagées, reposant sur une base moderne en plinthe en acajou à filet de laiton réalisée par l'atelier Michel Jamet ; des tablettes manquantes

Armoire:

H.: 256 cm. (100 3⁄4 in.) ; L.: 206 cm. (81 in.) ; P.: 64 cm. (25 in.)

Plinthe:

H.: 14 cm. (5 1⁄2 in.) ; L.: 205 cm. (80 3⁄4 in.) ; P.: 63 cm. (24 3⁄4 in.)





Provenance

Par réputation collection du baron Achille Seillière (1813-1873) ;

Galerie Camoin, Paris, 1992.



Literature

Bibliographie comparative:

P. Guth, « Une demeure d’antiquaires à Paris », in Connaissance des Arts, octobre 1959, n. 92, pp. 50-51.

J. Whitehead, The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century, Londres, 1992, pp. 138-139.

G. Wannenes, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Milan, 1998, p. 264.



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Post lot text

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARCHITECT BOOKCASE, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, CIRCA 1775
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Mahogany, Wood
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards
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