A Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant stamped by Gaspard Schneider, circa 1775
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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A Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant stamped by Gaspard Schneider, circa 1775
blued steel, Sèvres porcelain with blue Sèvres marks and painter's mark for Vincent Taillandier, gilt-bronze, tulipwood with a marble top; the front with two drawer a fall front door, the interior with a shelf and two small drawers, the front and the lateral sides centered with a Sèvres porcelain plaque representing a bunch of flowers with a 'fond Taillandier' blue border, surrounded with blue steel panels decorated with gilt-bronze treillis, the lower part with octagonal supports joined by a withe marble stretcher ; the foliage friezes mounts of the front and the lateral sides replaced circa 1820, the blued steel apparently original, a Rothschild inventory number "R 153" on the reverse, a paper label 'Ier etage / Salon des Rubens' on the underside, one plaque with a paper price label from Sèvres Manufacture
height 46¼in.; width 20½in.; depth 13 in.; 117 cm; 52 cm; 33,5 cm.
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Secrétaire à abattant en placage de bois de rose, acier bleu, bronze doré et porcelaine de Sèvres d'époque Louis XVI, vers 1775, estampille de Gaspard Schneider
avec les marques de Sèvres et la marque du peintre Vincent Taillandier
height 46¼in.; width 20½in.; depth 13 in.; 117 cm; 52 cm; 33,5 cm.
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Collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris (1827 – 1905), mentioned in 1905 in the Salon des Rubens in the hôtel rue Saint-Florentin, Paris;
Rothschild Collection, Paris, by descent;
Confiscated from the above during the German Occupation by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. R 153);
Recovered by the Monuments Replica Handbags s and Archives Section at the Salt Mines, Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 2023), and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 7 July, 1945 (MCCP no. 2821);
Repatriated to France 1 September, 1946, and restituted to the Rothschild Collection, Paris;
Thereafter Collections of Madame Bethsabée de Rothschild and Madame Jacqueline Piatigorsky, by descent from the above;
Sotheby's Monte Carlo, 21-22 May, 1978, lot 22 Roberto Polo;
Sotheby's New York, 3 November 1989, lot 126;
Christie's New York, The Exceptional Sale, 11 December 2014, lot 46.
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Collection du Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris (1827 - 1905), mentionnée en 1905 dans le Salon des Rubens à l'hôtel rue Saint-Florentin, Paris;
Collection Rothschild, Paris, par descendance;
Confisqué pendant l'Occupation allemande par l'Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, et transféré au Jeu de Paume (ERR n° R 153);
Récupéré par la Section des Monuments, Beaux-Arts et Archives aux Mines de Sel, Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee n° 2023), et transféré au Point Central de Collecte, Munich, le 7 juillet 1945 (PCCM n° 2821);
Rapatrié en France le 1er septembre 1946, et restitué à la Collection Rothschild, Paris;
Collections de Madame Bethsabée de Rothschild et de Madame Jacqueline Piatigorsky, par descendance des précédentes;
Sotheby's Monte Carlo, 21-22 mai 1978, lot 22 Roberto Polo;
Sotheby's New York, 3 novembre 1989, lot 126;
Christie's New York, The Exceptional Sale, 11 décembre 2014, lot 46.
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