Lot Essay
The Bettenfeld atelier was established on passage de la Bonne-Graine, Paris, at the end of the 19th century.
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BY BETTENFELD, PARIS, CIRCA 1890
Details
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany cradle
By Bettenfeld, Paris, Circa 1890
The navette-shaped crib with padded deep-buttoned cream-silk-lined interior and pierced entrelac frieze, above panelled sides separated by guilloche banding, on fluted trestle supports joined by a shaped stretcher, one end issuing a fluted veil support with trailing laurel and scrolled acanthus terminal, the interior branded twice with BETTENFELD PARIS
Overall: 81 in. (205.7 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.4 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.7 cm.) deep
By Bettenfeld, Paris, Circa 1890
The navette-shaped crib with padded deep-buttoned cream-silk-lined interior and pierced entrelac frieze, above panelled sides separated by guilloche banding, on fluted trestle supports joined by a shaped stretcher, one end issuing a fluted veil support with trailing laurel and scrolled acanthus terminal, the interior branded twice with BETTENFELD PARIS
Overall: 81 in. (205.7 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.4 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.7 cm.) deep