Style New York: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture

Style New York: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 221. A Louis XV White Painted and Parcel Gilt Bergère en Gondole by Pierre Plée, Circa 1767.

Property from a Coral Gables Collection

A Louis XV White Painted and Parcel Gilt Bergère en Gondole by Pierre Plée, Circa 1767

Lot Closed

April 21, 04:22 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Coral Gables Collection


A Louis XV White Painted and Parcel Gilt Bergère en Gondole by Pierre Plée, Circa 1767


stamped J. PLEE and JME twice; decoration refreshed


Pierre Plée, maître in 1767


height 38 ¾ in.; width 25 ¼ in.; depth 19 in.

98.4 cm; 64.1 cm; 48.3 cm

Christie's Monaco, 10 December 2000, lot 675

Pierre Plée (1742-1810), maître in 1767

Plée was a celebrated ébéniste in Paris, promoted to the distinction of maître by royal edict on August 13, 1767. While his stamp suggests he may have assumed another first name, one beginning with the letter J, archival documents confirm that Pierre was his only baptismal name. This anomaly has been attributed to an inadvertent mis-lettering by the engraver who produced his stamps. Plée was likely unaware of the erroneous misspelling initially, as police documentation from the period indicates that he was completely illiterate, and he continued to use the J. Plée stamp throughout his career.