Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A FRENCH LOUIS XIV STYLE RED MOROCCO LEATHER CASKET WITH COAT OF ARMS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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A FRENCH LOUIS XIV STYLE RED MOROCCO LEATHER CASKET WITH COAT OF ARMS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with slightly domed lid centered by the royal crown and fleurs de lys, the damask-lined interior with retailer’s paper label ‘Léon Gruel, Relieur d’Art/Objets et Livres Anciens/418 Rue St. Honoré/Paris’
height 9 ½ in.; width 23 ¾ in.; depth 17 ½ in.
24.1 cm; 60.3 cm; 44.5 cm
Christie's New York, 20 November 1982, lot 9
The Gruel firm of book dealers and bookbinders, founded in 1811, 'always had the highest reputation..for initiative in artistic matters, as well as for irreproachable execution in the detail of its many-sided achievements' (S. Prideaux, Bookbinders and their Craft). Leon Gruel (d. 1923) took over the firm in 1891