A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND SATINE MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY PIERRE II MIGEON, CIRCA 1740
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND SATINE MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY PIERRE II MIGEON, CIRCA 1740
With brêche d'Alep marble top above a fall-front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and an arrangement of shelves and three drawers, above cupboard doors enclosing a shelf, stamped MIGEON and JME to back left corner of carcass, printed transport label inscribed WEILLER to underside of marble
43 in. (109 cm.) high, 34 ¾ in. (88 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
With René Weiller, Brussels. Acquired from Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, in 1962. Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.
Lot Essay
Pierre II Migeon, maître in 1738.
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The Collection of Carroll Petrie & European Decorative Arts from the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, including the Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection