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DAVID ROENTGEN (1743-1807) ET FRANCOIS REMOND (v. 1745-1812)

Lot 14
14.06.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 142 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 771692
Lot 14 | DAVID ROENTGEN (1743-1807) ET FRANCOIS REMOND (v. 1745-1812)
Estimate value
€ 500 000 – 800 000
DAVID ROENTGEN (1743-1807) ET FRANCOIS REMOND (v. 1745-1812)

BUREAU CYLINDRE A GRADIN ET MÉCANISME D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI, VERS 1780

En acajou et placage toutes faces d'acajou flammé de Saint Domingue, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, la partie haute à gradin centré d'un médaillon à profil antique, présentant deux étagères ceintes d'une galerie ajourée surmontant deux tiroirs et centrée d'un tiroir à secrets dévoilant deux tablettes-pupitres et quatre tiroirs dont l'un pouvant accueillir des instruments d'écriture, le cylindre flanqué de frises de piastres découvrant un plateau coulissant gainé d'un cuir noir doré aux petits fers, l'intérieur architecturé composé de neuf casiers et six tiroirs secrets, la ceinture présentant un tiroir flanqué de deux caissons à abattant dévoilant chacun deux tiroirs, les côtés à léger ressaut à décor de denticules, les huit pieds en gaine à décor de lames brettées et dévissables ; sur une base en plinthe réalisée par les ateliers Michel Jamet

H.: 149 cm. ; L.: 149 cm. ; P.: 86,5 cm.

Plinthe: H.: 5,5 cm.; L.: 146 cm. ; P. max.: 81 cm.











Provenance

Probablement livré vers 1780 à un membre de la famille royale française ;

Par réputation collection du baron Florentin-Achille Seillière (1813-1873) (selon la documentation d'Hubert de Givenchy) ;

Galerie Didier Aaron, Paris, 1984.





Literature

Bibliographie comparative:

Carlton House Inventories, Vol. J, p.268.

J. Maria Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen. Möbel für Europa, Starnberg, 1980, p. 327.

D. Fabian, Roentgenmöbel aus Neuvied. Leben und Werk von Abraham und David Roentgen, Bad Neustadt, 1986, p. 131, ill. 296-299.

Carlton House: The Past Glories of George IV's Palace, Londres, 1991, pp. 184-185, n. 68.

C. Baulez, «David Roentgen et François Rémond. Une collaboration majeure dans l’histoire du mobilier européen», in L’Estampille-Objet d’Art, septembre 1996, n°305, pp. 102-103, p. 106.

P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Le Mobilier de Versailles. XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, T. II, Dijon, 2002, pp. 139-142.

W. Koeppe (sous la dir. de), Extravagant inventions. The princely furniture of the Roentgens, New York, 2012, p. 35







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DAVID ROENTGEN (1743-1807) AND FRANCOIS REMOND (c. 1745-1812)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY MECHANICAL CYLINDER DESK, CIRCA 1780
The upper section including an intricate secret folding mechanism and decorated with a circular classical medallion, above a roll top revealing nine pigeon holes and six secret drawers, the lower section with a central drawer flanked by two doors revealing each two drawers, on eight square sectioned removable legs
58 1⁄2 in. high ; 58 1⁄2 in. wide ; 34 in. deep
Artist:David Roentgen (1743 - 1807)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Mahogany, Wood
Art style:Neoclassicism, Old Masters
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus
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