A PAIR OF LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURES

CIRCA 1765, EACH STAMPED TWICE P. GARNIER

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURES
Circa 1765, each stamped twice P. Garnier
Each with serpentine-fronted brche d'alp marble top above a quarter-veneered bomb door with geometric panels framed with trailing foliate mounts and C-scrolls, enclosing a fitted interior with two shelves, the reverse flanked by foliate-scrolled clasps trailing to berried laurel and short cabriole legs with foliate-cast sabots, each with paper label inscribed in ink Gse Picard 27/27, and further inscribed gauche
35in. (90cm.) high, 25in. (65cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Victor Klotz, sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 21 June 1935, lot 63

Lot Essay

Pierre Garnier, matre in 1742

The catalogue of the Klotz Collection is included in lot 327.

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