BY AUGUSTE-HIPPOLYTE SAUVREZY, PARIS, DATED 1878

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A PAIR OF FRENCH 'ETRUSCAN REVIVAL' BRASS AND MARBLE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STANDS
BY AUGUSTE-HIPPOLYTE SAUVREZY, PARIS, DATED 1878
Each with a rectangular top, the frieze centred by red marble panels flanked by Siena marble panels, the spandrels mounted with variegated green marble, the four shaped legs terminating in paw feet, one incised 'SAUVREZY PARIS 1878'
51 1⁄4 in. (130 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep, overall
The tops,17 3⁄4 x 12 1⁄2 in. (45 x 32 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Roberto Polo by François-Joseph Graf.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

In Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, Christopher Payne sheds new light on the output of the highly skillful, though seldom recognized firm of Sauvrezy. Much like his contemporary, Henri-Auguste Fourdinois, Sauvrezy specialised in cabinetry in the neo-Renaissance style which was highly-acclaimed at the 1867 Exposition universelle. The present pair of stands, mounted with reserves of precious hardstone, was produced at the height of the firm's output in 1878 when Sauvrezy reportedly employed over thirty craftsmen and was actively supplying large number of furniture to various clients in St. Petersburg (op cit., p. 506).

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