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Distinguished Property from Osterrieth House in Antwerp

A French gilt-bronze mounted kingwood parquetry bureau rognon, circa 1920

Lot Closed

November 13, 12:56 PM GMT

Estimate

2,400 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Distinguished Property from Osterrieth House in Antwerp

A French gilt-bronze mounted kingwood parquetry bureau rognon, circa 1920


with brown tooled leather top above a drawer flanked by four smaller drawers, stamped JEMONT PARIS

78cm. high, 125cm. wide, 60cm. deep; 2ft. 6 3/4 in., 4ft. 1 1/8 in., 1ft. 11 7/8 in.

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Denise Ledoux-Lebard's Le Mobilier Français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1984, p.384, records Jemont in business at the end of the 19th century. The firm also had a stand at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900.