Lot Essay
Claude-Charles Saunier, maître in 1752.
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ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY ENCOIGNURES
Attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier
En suite with the preceding lots, each with a bowfronted triangular grey-veined white marble top above an egg-and-dart moulding and a panelled frieze drawer centred by a lozenge, above a panelled door enclosing a shelf, flanked by stop-fluted pillasters filled with chandelles and headed by barley-filled rectangular panels, on turned tapering legs headed by gadrooned collars below pinched necks, on cone feet, each marble top with old repaired breaks, one with two cut-out sections on the reverse, one inscribed 'B DRESSING ROOM' and 'BDR', the other inscribed twice '4' and with 18th 19th Century paper label inscribed in ink '79', with variations in construction and mahogany backs, with 18th Century gilded key and ivory fob
34¾ in. (88 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep (2)
Attributed to Claude-Charles Saunier
En suite with the preceding lots, each with a bowfronted triangular grey-veined white marble top above an egg-and-dart moulding and a panelled frieze drawer centred by a lozenge, above a panelled door enclosing a shelf, flanked by stop-fluted pillasters filled with chandelles and headed by barley-filled rectangular panels, on turned tapering legs headed by gadrooned collars below pinched necks, on cone feet, each marble top with old repaired breaks, one with two cut-out sections on the reverse, one inscribed 'B DRESSING ROOM' and 'BDR', the other inscribed twice '4' and with 18th 19th Century paper label inscribed in ink '79', with variations in construction and mahogany backs, with 18th Century gilded key and ivory fob
34¾ in. (88 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly bought by John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) for Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.
Literature
1869 Inventory, Either The Dowager's Sitting Room, 'A pair of Encoignures en suite'
Or The Dowager's Bedroom, 'A Louis XVI mahogany encoignure mounted with ormolu and white marble slab'
Dressing Room B, 'An Encoignure en suite'.
1896 Inventory (4th Marquess' Heirlooms), No. 40 B Bedroom, f 48 a 'A mahogany Empire corner cabinet with gilt ormolu mounts'.
No. 41 Dressing Room, f 48 v 'A rosewood corner cabinet with gilt ormolu mounts and marble top Empire period'.
The Dowager's Rooms, Sitting Room, 'Pair of corner cabinets en suite [to the commode lot 391] with a cupboard and drawer to each'.
Or The Dowager's Bedroom, 'A Louis XVI mahogany encoignure mounted with ormolu and white marble slab'
Dressing Room B, 'An Encoignure en suite'.
1896 Inventory (4th Marquess' Heirlooms), No. 40 B Bedroom, f 48 a 'A mahogany Empire corner cabinet with gilt ormolu mounts'.
No. 41 Dressing Room, f 48 v 'A rosewood corner cabinet with gilt ormolu mounts and marble top Empire period'.
The Dowager's Rooms, Sitting Room, 'Pair of corner cabinets en suite [to the commode lot 391] with a cupboard and drawer to each'.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.