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A Louis XVI marquetry, kingwood and rosewood bonheur-du-jour, in the manner of Charles Topino
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Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Bid
1,400 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Louis XVI marquetry, kingwood and rosewood bonheur-du-jour
in the manner of Charles Topino
with finely worked later gilt-bronze mounts, the three-quarter galleried superstructure with two inlaid cupboard doors flanking a shallow recess, the chamfered top inlaid with writing and drawing implements over a later frieze drawer, now with dummy drawers to each side, each with ivory lined key-holes, on cabriole legs joined by a similarly inlaid platform, alterations
101cm. high, 62cm. wide, 40cm. deep
Inventory, 1885, p. 15, in the Boudoir;
Inventory, 1926, p. 4, in the 'Bow Room'
Inventory, 1926, p. 4, in the 'Bow Room'
This delicate type of bonheur-du-jour was one of the most enduring and popular designs by Charles Topino (circa 1735-1803) between 1770 and 1775. The 'chinoiserie' still-life marquetry derives from motifs that decorated Chinese coromandel lacquer screens.