A Consulat Gilt Bronze Mounted and Brass-Inlaid Burr Yew and Ebonized Fruitwood Occasional Table attributed to Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Circa 1800
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
A Consulat Gilt Bronze Mounted and Brass-Inlaid Burr Yew and Ebonized Fruitwood Occasional Table attributed to Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Circa 1800
of rectangular form, with a mahogany-lined frieze drawer and later moulded mahogany slides; on square tapering legs joined by a burr yew-veneered mahogany stretcher shelf and with gilt bronze paw sabots; the lock later engraved BIENNAIS AU SINGE VIOLET
height 28 ¾ in,; width 14 ¼ in.; depth 11 in.
73 cm; 36 cm; 28 cm
Christie's London, 2 December 1998, lot 86;
Didier Aaron, Paris;
Paul and Jacqueline Desmarais Collection, New York;
Christie's New York, 30 April 2019, lot 109;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843) was one of the most successful goldsmiths, silversmiths and purveyors of luxury goods during the Empire period, based in his retail outlet Au Singe Volant in the Rue Saint-Honoré,near the Tuileries Palace. He was a leading supplier to the Napoleonic Court, designed the coronation insignia of silver-gilt crown, scepter, orb and hand of justice h for the Emperor in 1804 and the sivver crib for the Emperor's son the Roi de Rome in 1811. Biennais also worked as a tabletier and ébéniste providing caskets, writing and travel boxes and small tables and stands in mahogany and other tropical woods. A nearly identical table by Biennais with an associated dressing mirror was sold Christie's London, 4 July 1996, lot 230..
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