Lot Essay
Alexandre E. Hugnet, son of the cabinet maker Ainé Hugnet, succeeded his father at his Faubourg Saint Antoine atelier in 1880. He was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.
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BY ALEXANDRE HUGNET, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND TULIPWOOD VITRINE CABINET
BY ALEXANDRE HUGNET, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The stepped spreading pediment above a geometric frieze and central cupboard door applied with a dancing muse over a pair of caryatids, the curved sides each set with a bowed glazed cupboard door opening to three shelves, the angles headed with espagnolette busts, on short foliate-hipped cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the reverse stencilled HUGNET/AMEUBLEMENTS/PARIS/69 FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE[...] and MAPLE/432
63 3/8 in. (161 cm.) high; 54¾ in. (139 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
BY ALEXANDRE HUGNET, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The stepped spreading pediment above a geometric frieze and central cupboard door applied with a dancing muse over a pair of caryatids, the curved sides each set with a bowed glazed cupboard door opening to three shelves, the angles headed with espagnolette busts, on short foliate-hipped cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, the reverse stencilled HUGNET/AMEUBLEMENTS/PARIS/69 FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE[...] and MAPLE/432
63 3/8 in. (161 cm.) high; 54¾ in. (139 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep