Lot Essay
Alexandre Maigret first appears as a tapissier and ébéniste in circa 1775-1780. He was based in the rue Vivienne and sold meubles d'ébénisterie, but also mirrors and ormolu objects. He was appointed fournisseur to the Garde-meuble during the Empire period and was the principal supplier of embroidery frames to the Empress Marie-Louise (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 452).
A closely related English Regency rosewood and simulated rosewood bed, almost certainly supplied to Thomas Noel, 2nd Lord Berwick (d. 1832), Attingham Park, Shropshire, and almost certainly based on a French prototype, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 16 November 1995, lot 322.
A closely related English Regency rosewood and simulated rosewood bed, almost certainly supplied to Thomas Noel, 2nd Lord Berwick (d. 1832), Attingham Park, Shropshire, and almost certainly based on a French prototype, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 16 November 1995, lot 322.