ID 770918
Lot 49 | JEAN-HENRI RIESENER (1734-1806)
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 200 000
TABLE À LA TRONCHIN D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI, VERS 1780
En acajou et placage d'acajou de Saint-Domingue moiré, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le dessus à hauteur réglable au moyen d'une manivelle à crémaillère et se déployant, la ceinture ouvrant par deux tiroirs latéraux pour la partie haute et en ceinture par un tiroir formant écritoire à pupitre inclinable gainé d'un cuir noir et flanqué de compartiments couverts munis chacun d'un tiroir, les pieds en gaine munis de roulettes, le dessus du pied avant droit estampillé J.H R...
H. minimale: 87 cm. ; H. maximale: 112 cm. ; L.: 100,5 cm. ; P.: 68 cm.
Jean-Henri Riesener, reçu maître en 1768
Provenance
Collection Georges Geffroy, rue de Rivoli, Paris ; sa vente Ader-Picard-Tajan, Palais Galliera, Paris, 2 décembre 1971, lot 144 ;
Collection Bunny Mellon (Rachel Lambert Mellon) ;
puis don testamentaire en 2014 à Hubert de Givenchy.
Literature
P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Georges Geffroy, Paris, 2016, pp. 192-194.
Special notice
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JEAN-HENRI RIESENER (1734-1806)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE-A-LA-TRONCHIN, CIRCA 1780
The upper section with two lateral drawers above a frieze drawer fitted with an adjustable leather-lined writing surface flanked by two compartments with hinged covers, the top of the front right leg stamped 'J.H.R...', the mechanism operated by a crank handle
34 1⁄4 in. high and 44 in. high with raised top ; 39 1⁄2 in. wide ; 26 3⁄4 in. deep
Artist: | Jean-Henri Riesener (1734 - 1806) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Mahogany, Wood |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
Artist: | Jean-Henri Riesener (1734 - 1806) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Mahogany, Wood |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
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