Lot Essay
All but one of the photographs appear to be the work of Baldus.
Auguste-Hippolyte Sauvrezy was born in 1815 in Laon where he was an apprentice for ten years before moving to Paris at the age of 25, where he enrolled on a drawing course. He later travelled to Italy. He established himself on the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and after 1848 abandonned furniture that was 'bourgeois, solid, honest and well-made' for a more sculpted style. He exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1855 and again in 1867 and 1878. A review written in 1878 described him as being one of the finest of modern furniture makers. He died in 1884 and the contents of his workshop were sold at auction.
The furniture represented in this album is highly sculptural, drawing from the Italian Renaissance and including cased furniture, chairs, tables and beds.
Auguste-Hippolyte Sauvrezy was born in 1815 in Laon where he was an apprentice for ten years before moving to Paris at the age of 25, where he enrolled on a drawing course. He later travelled to Italy. He established himself on the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and after 1848 abandonned furniture that was 'bourgeois, solid, honest and well-made' for a more sculpted style. He exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1855 and again in 1867 and 1878. A review written in 1878 described him as being one of the finest of modern furniture makers. He died in 1884 and the contents of his workshop were sold at auction.
The furniture represented in this album is highly sculptural, drawing from the Italian Renaissance and including cased furniture, chairs, tables and beds.