BY PIERRE-ETIENNE LEVASSEUR OR HIS SON PIERRE-FRANCOIS HENRI LEVASSEUR, DIT 'LEVASSEUR JEUNE', CIRCA 1820-30

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID EBONY BIBLIOTHEQUE BASSE
BY PIERRE-ETIENNE LEVASSEUR OR HIS SON PIERRE-FRANCOIS HENRI LEVASSEUR, DIT 'LEVASSEUR JEUNE', CIRCA 1820-30
The later breakfront verde marble top above three glazed cupboard doors enclosing two brass-inlaid open shelves, on a pedestal base with egg-and-dart supports, stamped '.. LEVASSEUR'
47 in. (120 cm.) high; 67 in. (170 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Tajan, Paris, 20 March 2008, lot 106.

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Lot Essay

This elegant bibliothèque basse was almost certainly executed by Pierre-François-Henri Levasseur, dit ‘Levasseur Jeune’, grandson of Etienne Levasseur (1721-1798) one of the foremost cabinet-makers of Louis XVI’s reign, who took over the family workshop in 1823.

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