Lot Essay
Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY JARDINIÈRES
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. PETIT
Each removable rectangular well lined with tin and edged with a pierced brass gallery, one side fitted with a tin-lined drip-pan, on fluted turned tapering legs headed by panels of entwined garlands, the sides with beaded encadrements, ending in sabots-32in. (81cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide, 14½in. (37cm.) deep (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. PETIT
Each removable rectangular well lined with tin and edged with a pierced brass gallery, one side fitted with a tin-lined drip-pan, on fluted turned tapering legs headed by panels of entwined garlands, the sides with beaded encadrements, ending in sabots-32in. (81cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide, 14½in. (37cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1983, lot 175