A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted mahogany, amaranth and end-cut marquetry commode

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, BY ANTOINE KRIEGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted mahogany, amaranth and end-cut marquetry commode
In the Louis XV style, By Antoine Krieger, Paris, Circa 1880
The serpentine-fronted brèche de Benou jaune marble top above two long drawers with a foliate encadrement and inlaid sans traverse with sprigs, above a serpentine apron centred by a floral mount, the sides with similar decoration, on cabriole legs headed by scrolling mounts, the top drawer and the right-hand corner of the carcass stamped KRIEGER
35½in. (90.2cm.) high; 57½in. (146cm.) wide; 24in. (60.9cm.) deep

来源

Purchased Ames Art Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, 27 May 1973.

拍品专文

Maison Krieger of the Faubourg Saing-Antoine was established by Antoine Krieger and his brother Nicolas in Paris in 1826. They exhibited copies and interpretations of 18th century styles in 1852 and 1855, winning a Médaille de 2ème classe at the London exhibition of 1852.

The business moved several times up until 1856 when it was taken over by their sons-in-law and the company took on the name of Cosse-Racault et Cie, becoming Damon et Cie when it was finally consolidated in 1880. (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 396-7).