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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 125. A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted brass and tortoiseshell marquetry ebony commodes, late 19th century, by Emmanuel Zwiener, after the model by André-Charles Boulle made for Louis XIV.

A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted brass and tortoiseshell marquetry ebony commodes, late 19th century, by Emmanuel Zwiener, after the model by André-Charles Boulle made for Louis XIV

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December 11, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 EUR

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Description

opening with two drawers across two rows separated by a crosspiece, presenting marquetry on four sides in première partie and contre-partie, decorated with foliage, tendrils and scrolls; with gilt-bronze winged sphinxes, hooves, snails, acanthus leaves, moldings and quartefoil friezes; resting on four chamfered paw-feet and four straight feet terminating in tendrils; with a banded Campana grand mélange marble top ; stamped ZN on the underside of the corner mounts

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Height. 33 in, width. 47 5/8 in, depth. 23 5/8 in ; Haut. 84 cm, larg. 121 cm, prof. 60 cm

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Pierre Lécoules, Paris by 1985;

An Important Private Collection, France.

C. Mestdagh, L'ameublement d'art français (1850-1900), Paris, 2010, p.75 (ill.).

P. Lécoules, Art mobilier parisien 1850-1900, 1985, p.60 (ill.).

RELATED LITERATURE

C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, Saint-Rémy en l'Eau, 2018.

J. Meiner, Berliner Belle Époque: Der Ebenist Julius Zwiener und die Kunstmöbel für den Hof Kaiser Wilhelms II. (1888-1918), 2007.

T. Dell, The Frick Collection, An Illustrated Catalogue, V. Furniture, New York, 1992, cat. no's. 16.5.2 and 16.5.3, pp. 233 - 246

P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection - Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, Appendix VII, p. 1554 & p. 1576.

P. Hughes, 'The Grand Trianon Commodes by André-Charles Boulle and their Influence,' Furniture History Society Journal, Vol. XLIII, 2007, pp. 195-203.

M. Deldicque, Andé Charles Boulle, Saint-Rémy en l'Eau, 2024, pp.178-185.