A pair of Transitional tulipwood, rosewood and marquetry encoignures by Nicolas Petit circa 1770

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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5,000 GBP

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Description

Tulipwood, harewood, rosewood, marble, oak, gilt-bronze.

the white marble tops now with pierced three-quarter brass rails over banded doors, inlaid with flower sprays within blind fluted pilasters ending in later feet; each stamped PETIT JME, alterations

Catalogue Note

Nicolas Petit (1732-1791), received maître in 1761, and based in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, produced a wide variety of pieces over a career that spanned thirty years.