Antoine Krieger A FINE AND RARE LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED SATINWOOD DINING SUITE Paris, circa 1890s

comprising an extending dining table with three leaves and ten caned dining chairs, each  seat with a green silk velvet cushion, and a side cabinet surmounted by a inset vert de Campan marble top above three frieze drawers and three cupboard doors, each opening to a single shelf, all locks impressed M^ON KRIEGER/AMEUBLEMENT/PARIS.  With three original keys.

Overall in very good condition. There are some very minute pinholes to the sides of all sidechairs, implying that each one would have had a pearl banding bronze molded edge consistent with the molded edge showing around the seat. The suite remains highly decorative, mounted with finely cast gilt bronze mounts as expected from a good furniture manufacturer like Krieger. The sideboard showing 3 dark dots at the bottom of the proper righthand side concave corner.
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Both marchands-merciers and manufacturers of furniture with large mechanized workshops, Antoine Krieger and his brother Nicolas founded Maison Krieger in 1826 at 17, Rue Saint-Nicolas, Paris.  In 1850 the firm  became Antoine Krieger et Cie.  When Antoine Krieger died in 1856, his son-in-law took over the company and changed the name to Maison Racault et Cie, subsequently H. Racault et Cie; Colin Damon et Cie in 1870, Damon, Namur et Cie in 1875, Damon et Colin in 1892 and finally Cosse-Racault et Cie.  One of the largest mechanized workshops of furniture in Paris, the firm was located at 74, Rue Du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine.  Numerous furniture styles were displayed and created by Maison Krieger, who produced and exhibited copies as well as unique creations of eighteenth-century style designs alongside stylized interpretations of the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles.  They were exhibitors at the major exhibitions of the nineteenth century up to the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.  Like Maison Jansen, Maison Krieger is recorded to be an active client of François Linke, his workshop being nearby; occasionally, the Krieger label can be found on Linke furniture.