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Auction archive: Lot number 637

Louis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry TableLouis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry Table

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$12,300
Auction archive: Lot number 637

Louis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry TableLouis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry Table

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$12,300
Beschreibung:

Louis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry Table, France, 20th century, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener mahogany and fruitwood inlay, the top with the mythological figures of Urania and Calliope and allegorical scenes with putti depicting astronomy and the arts, surmounting a frieze with single spring-mechanism drawer supported flanked by acanthine-foliate mounts over tapered legs with anthemion-decorated feet, ht. 30 1/2, wd. 42 5/8, dp. 23 3/4 in. N.B. Designed after the "Table des Muses" commissioned by Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu and made by Jean-Henri Riesener for King Louis XVI. The original is now in The Petit Trianon, Chateau de Versailles, and was widely copied by Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, Dasson, Linke, and others throughout the 19th century.

Auction archive: Lot number 637
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Louis XVI-style Gilt-bronze Fruitwood Marquetry Table, France, 20th century, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener mahogany and fruitwood inlay, the top with the mythological figures of Urania and Calliope and allegorical scenes with putti depicting astronomy and the arts, surmounting a frieze with single spring-mechanism drawer supported flanked by acanthine-foliate mounts over tapered legs with anthemion-decorated feet, ht. 30 1/2, wd. 42 5/8, dp. 23 3/4 in. N.B. Designed after the "Table des Muses" commissioned by Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu and made by Jean-Henri Riesener for King Louis XVI. The original is now in The Petit Trianon, Chateau de Versailles, and was widely copied by Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, Dasson, Linke, and others throughout the 19th century.

Auction archive: Lot number 637
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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