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A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted tulipwood and amaranth meuble d'appui
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Description
- height 38 in.; width 52 3/4 in.; depth 18 in.
- 97 cm; 134 cm; 48 cm
with a molded veined grey and white marble top, the case with a pair of cupboard doors opening to reveal two shelves, outlined with purplewood borders marked at the corners with ormolu rosettes, raised on a plinth base, reduced in size. Bearing the stamps, C.C. Saunier JME and I.F. Leleu.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, December 6, 1972, lot 83, illustrated
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Monaco, June 25-26, 1983, lot 247, illustrated
Collection of Mrs. Marella Agnelli, sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 2004, lot 105
Literature
Illustrated, Clotilde Fontana, 'Claude-Charles Saunier un ébéniste du siècle des Lumières', L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art, January, 2002, p. 76, fig. 7.