FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN BIEDERMEIER MAHOGANY CRADLE
First half 19th Century
The oval and ribbed cradle with a swan-neck support, on a monopodia shaft with urn-finial, on arched tapering legs joined by a turned stretcher with toupie pendants and on castors, minor restorations to veneer and to brass mounts, the swan-neck spliced and restored
56 in. (142 cm.) wide; 78 in. (198 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This cradle is closely related to a design by Pierre de la Mésangère (d. 1831) executed between 1802 and 1835 and illustrated in the Journal des Dames et des Modes. A further model with gilt swan's-heads is illustrated as plate 651 in the Collection de Meubles et Objets de Goût.

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