A Louis XVI bonheur-du-jour by F. Schey, Circa 1780, stamped F. Schey

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

gilt bronze, mahogany, marble
height 44 1/4 in.; width 43 in.; depth 18 1/4 in.
112 cm; 109 cm; 46 cm

Fidelys Schey (d.1788), maître in 1777

Catalogue Note

Like many 18th-century Parisian ébénistes, Schey was of German origin, from Baden. His period of activity was cut short by his premature death, and he left a small but important corpus of high quality work in the mature Louis XVI style, primarily in mahogany with elegantly restrained gilt-bronze mounts, including a pair of games tables supplied to Fontainebleau in 1786.