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A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted partly tinted maple, amaranth, satinwood and tulipwood marquetry and painted glass on a satin background secretaire, circa 1780, stamped by Philippe-Claude Montigny

Estimate

25,000 - 40,000 EUR

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Description

decorated with a polychrome marquetry of flowers, adorned with seven painted plaques imitating the porcelain featuring bouquets of flowers on a satin balckground, the upper part opening with one drawer and a secret drawer and one sliding door opening on four drawers and five cases, with a green velvet top, the lower part opening two doors opening on a drawer and three cases, with a brocatelle d'Espagne mable top stamped MONTIGNY et JME;(a small crack on one of the side glass panels)

 

Haut. 102 cm, larg. 59 cm, prof. 32,5 cm ; Height. 40 1/8 in, width. 23 ¼, depth. 12 7/8 in

Related literature

A.Pradère, Les ébénistes français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, pp.305-309

P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, Paris, 2008.