AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT GERMAIN, BY ALFRED BEURDELEY, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Beurdeley (d. 1919) specialised in producing the most luxurious articles of the highest quality and was pre-eminent among the Parisian ébénistes, especially for the refinement of his ormolu, which was considered the best in Paris. He used only the most magnificent models, taking as his reference articles from the Garde-Meuble National, which incorporated the remaining collections from the former Royal Palaces. Beurdeley exhibited at the major International Exhibitions, such as Paris in 1878 and Amsterdam in 1883, and was awarded the medaille d'or at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.