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拍品专文
The firm of Maison Meynard was established by Guillaume Meynard in premises at 50, faubourg Saint-Antoine in 1812. In 1833, Meynard was joined in business by his eldest son, Guillaume-Mathieu, and the firm became known as Meynard Père et Fils Aîné, which it remained until 1848 when the son assumed complete responsibility for the business, whose name was then abbreviated to Maison Fils Aîné. Guillaume-Mathieu was in turn joined by his own son, Léon-Guillaume, in 1866, and the business was re-named again to Meynard et Fils. Continuing under the same name, Léon-Guillaume ran the firm from 1873, before selling the business in its entirety to Eugène Frager in 1889.
Throughout its own long existence, and its continuance under Frager, Maison Meynard, under its various different names, was a regular exhibitor and medallist at the Parisian exhibitions - in its early years at the Expositions des produits de l'industrie franaise, and then later at the successors to the latter, the Expositions Universelles of the second half of the 19th century. Characteristic of the firm's work was furniture combining various carved woods with gilt bronze mounts, as is seen in this fine quality vitrine, with its interesting and subtle addition of three varieties of marble.
Throughout its own long existence, and its continuance under Frager, Maison Meynard, under its various different names, was a regular exhibitor and medallist at the Parisian exhibitions - in its early years at the Expositions des produits de l'industrie franaise, and then later at the successors to the latter, the Expositions Universelles of the second half of the 19th century. Characteristic of the firm's work was furniture combining various carved woods with gilt bronze mounts, as is seen in this fine quality vitrine, with its interesting and subtle addition of three varieties of marble.