Treasures | Paris
Treasures | Paris
A Restauration gilt-bronze mounted Japanese lacquer, maple, amaranth and ebony commode à vantaux, circa 1815-20, attributed to Bernard Molitor (1755-1833)
Auction Closed
December 11, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the doors opening to reveal four fruitwood and amaranth drawers, each side with japanese takamaki-e lacquered panels decorated with baskets of flowers, butterflies, shrubs and birds; on a base with probably later embellished Greek-key motifs; with a later bleu turquin marble top
Height. 36 5/8 in, width. 52 3/4 in, depth. 22 5/8 in ; Haut. 93 cm, larg. 134 cm, prof. 57,5 cm
Collection of Count Arturo Pini di San Miniato, then by descent;
Christie's New York sale, 7 February 1987, lot 288;
Galerie Bernard Steinitz, Paris;
Franco Semenzato sale, Rome, 23-25 May 1990, lot 144 ;
Sale Ader, Tajan, Genève, hôtel des Bergues, 28 October 1992, lot 125 ;
Galerie Bernard Steinitz, Paris;
Private collection.
U. Leben, Molitor, ébéniste from the Ancien Régime to the Restauration, London, 1992, p. 148, fig. 151 and pp.178-179, cat. 6.
RELATED LITERATURE
P. de la Mésangère, Collection de meubles et objets de goût, circa 1803, tome II.
Th. Wolvesperges, Le Meuble français en laque, Paris, 2000.
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