A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY TRICOTEUSE

19TH CENTURY

Details

A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY TRICOTEUSE
19th century
The bow-ended rectangular top inlaid with trellis parquetry and with one hinged side, on pierced end-supports joined by a conforming undertier, on splayed feet
28¼in. (71.5cm.) high; 30in. (76cm.) wide; 13½in. (34.5cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 21-22 May 1978, lot 264
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 29 November 1990, lot 178

Lot Essay

This tricoteuse is based on a group by or attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener (maître in 1768) and Martin Carlin (maître in 1766) including that made by Riesener for Marie Antoinette at St. Cloud, now in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, illustrated in the museum catalogue, 1973, no. 347, p. 73. Another, by Carlin, of even closer form to the present example, the property of Mr. and Mrs. John Balfour, Balbirnie, Fife, Scotland, was sold at Christie's London, 29 June 1972, lot 4.