Design

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Lot 24
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GUSTAVE SERRURIER-BOVY | Dining table, circa 1899

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
  • Dining table, circa 1899
  • 76,2 x 114,7 x 167,5 cm ; 30 x 45 1/8 x 66 in.
mahogany and brass

Provenance

Private collection, Burgundy
Maîtres Guilhem and Christophe Sadde, Dijon, March 25, 2007, lot 119
Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Léonce Bénédite, "Les Arts d'Ameublement aux Salons", Art et Décoration, July - December 1899, p. 43
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume III : Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 531

Condition

Good overall condition. The wood presents with some light scratches and minute to small dents scattered an some light wear at the corners. The top presents with some more visible scratches along one corner and a large crack on approximately 6 cm along the edge of one of the two parts of the table top. The brass presents with some light scratches and instances of oxidation. This table has been previously re-varnished and presents with traces of previous small restorations to the veneer.
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