OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY GRIMARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY GRIMARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular brocatelle d'Espagne marble top above a panelled frieze and central cupboard door depicting Le Lorgneur after Watteau, the interior fitted with two shelves, the rounded sides with conforming frames, on fluted tapering feet, the top of the door with inset plaquette signed 'GRIMARD FAT Rue de Charonne, 5 PARIS'
42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep

Provenance

Stockholms Auktionsverk, 28 May 2008, lot 1698.

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Lot Essay

G. Grimard is recorded to have produced 'Meubles d'Art' from premises at 5 rue de Charonne. Pieces by Grimard are comparatively rare and he appears to have favoured the neoclassical style: two tables sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2008, lots 341 and 379 and a vitrine sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2010, lot 413, all of which were, like the present lot, in the Louis XVI style. The vernis Martin panel is decorated with 'Le Lorgneur' after the famed 18th century French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.

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