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CABINET `AUX ELEPHANTS`

Lot 35
21.11.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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€ 252 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1072659
Lot 35 | CABINET 'AUX ELEPHANTS'
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
CABINET 'AUX ELEPHANTS'

SIGNATURE DE L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, D'APRES UN DESSIN ATTRIBUE A EDOUARD LIEVRE, VERS 1895

En laque de style japonais, vernis Martin et ornementation de bronze doré, l'intérieur en acajou, de forme trapézoïdale, ouvrant par une porte et orné en partie médiane de trois poignées mobiles retenues par une tête de lion bouddhique, à décor de pagodes dans un paysage lacustre, les pieds cambrés formés de têtes d'éléphant, reposant sur une base en bois laqué noir à décor d'une frise de grecques, marqué sous une poignée 'Escalier de cristal', avec les marques 'Fichet Paris / 43 rue Richelieu 43' sur la plaque d'entrée de serrure, 'L'Escalier de Cristal Paris' sous la poignée centrale et les initiales 'A.N.' (couronnées) au revers des bronzes

H.: 221 cm. (82 ½ in.) ; L.: 146 cm. (57 ½ in.) ; P.: 57 cm. (22 ¼ in.)





Provenance

Vente Christie's, New-York, le 24 avril 2003, lot 204.

Vente Christie's, New-York, le 25 octobre 2005, lot 554.



Literature

A.et D. Masseau, L'Escalier de Cristal, Le luxe à Paris 1809-1923, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2021, pp.122-123.



Further details

A FRENCH CHINOISERIE ORMOLU-MOUNTED LACQUERED SIDE CABINET SIGNED BY L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, AFTER A DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A ÉDOUARD LIÈVRE, CIRCA 1895
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Acrylic glass, Bronze, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic
Art style:Japonism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards
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