Lot Essay
Pierre-Antoine Bellangé, maitre in 1788
The mark EN can be identified with furniture supplied to the Palais de l'Elysée which Napoleon occupied from 1808 to 1815. Though the Palace inventories are too general to identify this bed with certitude, several mahogany beds were listed on the second floor. Bellangé was one of the principal ébénistes to Napoleon. He also supplied furniture to the Garde-meuble and to various French and foreign dignitaries such as the President of the United States, James Monroe. A design for a similar bed is illustrated in F. de Salverte, Les Ébénistes du XVIIIième Siècle, 1923, pl. II. Another similar bed was sold in these Rooms, 23 May 1995, lot 131.
The mark EN can be identified with furniture supplied to the Palais de l'Elysée which Napoleon occupied from 1808 to 1815. Though the Palace inventories are too general to identify this bed with certitude, several mahogany beds were listed on the second floor. Bellangé was one of the principal ébénistes to Napoleon. He also supplied furniture to the Garde-meuble and to various French and foreign dignitaries such as the President of the United States, James Monroe. A design for a similar bed is illustrated in F. de Salverte, Les Ébénistes du XVIIIième Siècle, 1923, pl. II. Another similar bed was sold in these Rooms, 23 May 1995, lot 131.