ID 1329895
Lot 37 | BONHEUR DU JOUR IMPÉRIAL D'ÉPOQUE NAPOLÉON III
Estimate value
€ 150 000 – 300 000
PAR LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ALFRED BEURDELEY, VERS 1855
En placage de bois de rose, amarante, houx, satiné et charme teinté, plaques de porcelaine de Sèvres et ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, la corniche à ressaut central à décor de trophées d'instruments de musique flanqué de deux cornes d'abondance et de volutes feuillagées, la façade surmontée de guirlandes de fleurs enrubannées, ouvrant par trois vantaux découvrant une étagère, ornée d'une marqueterie de fleurons et de cartouches à décor de trophées de fleurs enrubannés et d'une femme tenant sur sa tête un panier de roses dans lequel se cache un putto, les montants creusés de niches présentant des caryatides ornées de guirlandes de fleurs, la ceinture ouvrant par un tiroir découvrant trois casiers, deux tirettes marquetées de fleurons et une tablette d'écriture, centrée d'un trophée d'instruments de musique et flanquée de deux putti reliés par une guirlande de fleurs, ornée de réserves à décors de paniers de fleurs, oiseaux et chiens, sur des pieds fuselés à décor de chutes de fleurs et appliqués de guirlandes de fleurs, porte sous la ceinture des inscriptions de l'inventaire du Palais d'Hiver : les numérotations '4' et '23', ainsi que des inscriptions en cyrillique à l'encre noire et rouge ; les plaques de porcelaine de Sèvres du XVIIIe siècle surdécorées au XIXe siècle
H. 136 cm. (53 ½ in.) ; L. 102 cm. (40 in.) ; P. 49 cm. (19 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Tsarine de Russie, Alexandra Féodorovna (1798-1860), palais d'Hiver, Saint-Pétersbourg.
M&N Uzal, Bruxelles ;
Collection privée.
Literature
Camille Mestdagh, L'ameublement d'art français: 1850-1900, Paris, 2010, pp. 92-94, figs. 86 et 87.
Further details
A NAPOLEON III IMPERIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SATINWOOD AND HOLLY WOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR, BY LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ALFRED BEURDELEY, CIRCA 1855
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