Lot Essay
Pierre Garnier, maître in 1742.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
BY PIERRE GARNIER
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
By Pierre Garnier
The waved crossbanded top with inset burgundy leather-lined writing-surface and moulded edge with foliate C-scroll angle-clasps, above three crossbanded and quarter-veneered drawers with inset corners to one side and simulated drawers to the other, divided by pierced foliate C-scroll mounts, the sides with further foliate mounts, on cabriole legs headed by foliage and foliate-wrapped reeded bands and terminating in C-scroll sabots, stamped 'P. GARNIER' and 'JME' to the underside at the back, restorations and partially remounted
64 in. (162.5 cm.) wide; 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) deep
By Pierre Garnier
The waved crossbanded top with inset burgundy leather-lined writing-surface and moulded edge with foliate C-scroll angle-clasps, above three crossbanded and quarter-veneered drawers with inset corners to one side and simulated drawers to the other, divided by pierced foliate C-scroll mounts, the sides with further foliate mounts, on cabriole legs headed by foliage and foliate-wrapped reeded bands and terminating in C-scroll sabots, stamped 'P. GARNIER' and 'JME' to the underside at the back, restorations and partially remounted
64 in. (162.5 cm.) wide; 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 24 November 1988, lot 11 (£35,200).