Lot Essay
Nicolas Sageot, maître in 1706.
The ornament of the apron and design of the marquetry is closely related to the oeuvre of the ébéniste Nicolas Sageot, whose work is discussed in P. Grand, 'Le Mobilier Boulle et les ateliers de l'époque', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, February, 1993, pp. 48-70.
Its general shape and the design of the marquetry is closely related to the bureau mazarin, stamped by Nicolas Sageot, to the one in the Royal Palace in Stockholm (illustrated ib id., p. 50).
Nicolas Sageot, son of a wine grower, was born in 1666. His atelier was probably active from 1690, though the first records date from 1698 when he employed two workers. Based in the Grand-Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Sageot worked, until 1706 as an ouvrier libre, before his appointment as maître. Extremely successful, he declared the vast sum of 12,000 livres on the occasion of his marriage in 1712. Retiring on 26 July 1720 he sold 16,000 livres worth of furniture, all of which was decorated with brass and tortoiseshell marquetry.
The ornament of the apron and design of the marquetry is closely related to the oeuvre of the ébéniste Nicolas Sageot, whose work is discussed in P. Grand, 'Le Mobilier Boulle et les ateliers de l'époque', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, February, 1993, pp. 48-70.
Its general shape and the design of the marquetry is closely related to the bureau mazarin, stamped by Nicolas Sageot, to the one in the Royal Palace in Stockholm (illustrated ib id., p. 50).
Nicolas Sageot, son of a wine grower, was born in 1666. His atelier was probably active from 1690, though the first records date from 1698 when he employed two workers. Based in the Grand-Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Sageot worked, until 1706 as an ouvrier libre, before his appointment as maître. Extremely successful, he declared the vast sum of 12,000 livres on the occasion of his marriage in 1712. Retiring on 26 July 1720 he sold 16,000 livres worth of furniture, all of which was decorated with brass and tortoiseshell marquetry.