COMMODE MINIATURE A LA FABLE DE LA FONTAINE D`EPOQUE TRANSITION - photo 1

COMMODE MINIATURE A LA FABLE DE LA FONTAINE D`EPOQUE TRANSITION

Lot 179
23.11.2021 10:00UTC +02:00
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€ 4 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 679283
Lot 179 | COMMODE MINIATURE A LA FABLE DE LA FONTAINE D'EPOQUE TRANSITION
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 5 000
COMMODE MINIATURE A LA FABLE DE LA FONTAINE D'EPOQUE TRANSITION

VERS 1760-1770

En placage de bois de rose et marqueterie sur fond d'érable-sycomore, ornementation de composition dorée associée, le plateau ornée des armes de France et flanqué de bouquets de fleurs, la façade à léger ressaut illustrant Le Corbeau et le Renard flanquée de trophées musicaux et ouvrant par deux tiroirs sans traverse, les côtés ornés d'une urne, les montants à pan coupé prolongés par des pieds cambrés

H.: 23 cm. (9 in.) ; L.: 37 cm. (14 1⁄2 in.) ; P.: 18 cm. (7 in.)







Provenance

Jessie Woolworth Donohue.





Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHIE COMPARATIVE :

G. et E. de Vendeuvre, Le Mobilier Miniature du XVIe Siècle à 1930, Paris, 1987, p. 30.





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Post lot text

A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE DEPICTING ONE 'FABLE' BY LA FONTAINE, CIRCA 1760-1770
Applied technique:Marquetry
Medium:Wood
Auction house category:Dressers
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