ID 1072653
Lot 32 | BUREAU IMPERIAL DE STYLE NEOCLASSIQUE
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
PAR IPPOLIT MONIGHETTI, LIVRE POUR ALEXANDRE II AU PALAIS LIVADIA, vers 1860
En placage de poirier noirci et lapis-lazuli, et ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le plateau gainé de cuir noir, orné d'une marqueterie de fleurs en pierres dures et ceint de frises de feuilles d'acanthe et rais-de-cœur, ouvrant par deux tiroirs latéraux en ceinture, les entrées de serrure à décor d'enroulements feuillagés, les pieds balustres, cannelés à asperges et ornés chacun en partie haute de deux médaillons, dont l'un au 'A' couronné et de guirlandes de feuilles de laurier, réunis par une entretoise en H ; restaurations
H.: 76 cm. (30 in.) ; L.: 184 cm. (72 ½ in.); P.: 97 cm. (38 in.)
Provenance
Livré pour le Tsar Alexandre II (1818-1881), probablement pour le palais de Livadia ;
Probablement offert à l’Imam Chamil (1797-1871)
Literature
Bibliographie comparative :
E. Ducamp, Tsarskoie selo : de Catherine II à Nicolas II : trois siècles de splendeur impériale, Paris, 2010, pp. 186-187.
Further details
A NEOCLASSICAL IMPERIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED, LAPIS-LAZULI, PIETRA DURA AND EBONISED DESK, BY IPPOLITE MONIGHETTI, SUPPLIED FOR ALEXANDRE II FOR THE LIVADIA PALACE, CIRCA 1860
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze, Stone |
Art style: | Neoclassicism, Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze, Stone |
Art style: | Neoclassicism, Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
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