A CONSULAT MAHOGANY LARGE FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU

Lot 43
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 78 120
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Lot 43 | A CONSULAT MAHOGANY LARGE FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A CONSULAT MAHOGANY LARGE FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU

ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, AFTER THE DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE, CIRCA 1795

The curved toprail above a pierced splat flanked by uprights, each with a palmette clasp issuing two arms supported by winged griffin monopodia with paw feet, the back legs splayed, with associated padded leather back-rest and seat cushion, the canvas-covered drop-in seat stencilled 'T P / BTHQE'

37 in. (94 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) deep





Provenance

Bibliothèque of the ministère des Travaux Publics, under King Louis-Philippe's reign, in the hôtel de Roquelaure, previously known as hôtel de Cambacérès, 246 boulevard Saint-Germain, in Paris.



Literature

M. Jarry, Le Siège Français, Fribourg, 1973, pp. 283-292.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

G. Janneau, Le Mobilier français, Les Sièges, Paris, 1967, p. 182, fig. 351.

D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIX esiècle, 1795-1889, Leurs œuvres et leurs marques, Paris, 1984, p. 283.

M.-N. de Grandry, Le mobilier français, Directoire, Consulat, Empire, Paris, 1996, p. 32.

C. de Quénetain, Les styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2005, p. 104, fig. 73.

J.-P. Samoyault, Mobilier français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, p. 27, fig. 25 and 29.





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