BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood bibliothèque basse
By Emmanuel Zwiener, Paris, Circa 1890
Surmounted by a shaped Campan marble top, above a waisted pediment, surmounted by four cabriole legs, joined by two shelves en arbalète, in front of a shaped backplate, on foliate sabots; the carcass stamped ZWIENER to the back
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (67 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, was born in Herdon, Germany in 1849. He moved to Paris and established his workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette and is recorded as working from that address between 1880 and 1895. He produced the very finest furniture replicating articles from the Garde-Meuble National of France. His work appears to be mainly in the Louis XV rococo manner, inset with fine marquetry, Vernis Martin panels and gilt-bronze mounts, all to the highest standards of manufacture. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1889, he was awarded a gold medal.

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