Lot Essay
Pierre Garnier, mâitre in 1742.
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EACH STAMPED P.GARNIER JME, CIRCA 1755
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY ENCOIGNURES
Each stamped P.GARNIER JME, circa 1755
Each with molded serpentine-fronted brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of bombé doors inlaid with opposed C-scrolls centered by a flowering urn, birds, and butterflies, surmounted by an acanthus spray above a shell, each corner set with a scrolled acanthus twist, enclosing two shelves, flanked by serpentine angles, on cabriole legs with acanthus-sheathed hoof sabots, each stamped RESTAURE/par P.SPOHN, one inscribed in white chalk 147, the aprons partially-reveneered, previously with angle mounts
36¼in. (92cm.) high, 29¾in. (75.5cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep (2)
Each stamped P.GARNIER JME, circa 1755
Each with molded serpentine-fronted brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair of bombé doors inlaid with opposed C-scrolls centered by a flowering urn, birds, and butterflies, surmounted by an acanthus spray above a shell, each corner set with a scrolled acanthus twist, enclosing two shelves, flanked by serpentine angles, on cabriole legs with acanthus-sheathed hoof sabots, each stamped RESTAURE/par P.SPOHN, one inscribed in white chalk 147, the aprons partially-reveneered, previously with angle mounts
36¼in. (92cm.) high, 29¾in. (75.5cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Stewart Granger
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 14 April 1983, lot 60.
Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 21 March 1996, lot 157.
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 14 April 1983, lot 60.
Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 21 March 1996, lot 157.