Lot Essay
Jean-Henri Riesener, maître in 1768.
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BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BIBLIOTHEQUE
By Jean-Henri Riesener
The rounded moulded rectangular breche d'Alep marble top above a pair of part-glazed doors, the panels framed by stiff-leaf mouldings, enclosing a white moiré interior with three shelves, flanked by a rounded stop-fluted angles, on short ring-turned legs headed by foliate collars and terminating in turned sabots, restorations, with chalk inscriptions '... rue de la Glacière ...', stamped J.H. RIESENER and JME, the marble restored
53 in. (135 cm.) high; 57 in. (146 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
By Jean-Henri Riesener
The rounded moulded rectangular breche d'Alep marble top above a pair of part-glazed doors, the panels framed by stiff-leaf mouldings, enclosing a white moiré interior with three shelves, flanked by a rounded stop-fluted angles, on short ring-turned legs headed by foliate collars and terminating in turned sabots, restorations, with chalk inscriptions '... rue de la Glacière ...', stamped J.H. RIESENER and JME, the marble restored
53 in. (135 cm.) high; 57 in. (146 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Provenance
With Dalva Brothers, New York
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.