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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY JEAN CHRYSOSTOME STUMPFF, CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY JEAN CHRYSOSTOME STUMPFF, CIRCA 1780
The moulded and canted rectangular variegated white marble top above a frieze drawer and fall front enclosing a fitted interior above a pair of doors, stamped to the top STUMPFF JME
146 cm. high x 41 cm. deep x 97 cm. wide

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Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

Jean Chrysostome Stumpff, maître in 1766.

Trompe l'oeuil parquetry adorning the front and sides of this secretaire was one of the favourite parquetry designs used by Stumpff, although also used by several other ébénistes such as Roussel, RVLC and Chevalier. P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 824-827.

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