A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany, kingwood and parquetry bureau au rognon

BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany, kingwood and parquetry bureau au rognon
By Maison Millet, Paris, Late 19th Century
Decorated allover with lozenge parquetry, the superstructure surmounted by an 'amour guerrier' above a circular enamel dial inscribed Millet/PARIS, over five short drawers and a pigeon hole, each side mounted with two acanthus-scrolled candlearms, the desktop fitted with a sliding gilt-tooled writing surface, the lower portion fitted with three frieze drawers, on foliate-hipped cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, one mount inscribed to the reverse MB
54½ in. (138.5 cm.) high; 44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

拍品專文

The Maison Millet, founded in 1853 by T. Millet, was first located at 11, rue Jacques-Coeur, Paris, then moved to 23, Boulevard Beaumarchais in 1902. Specialising in meubles et bronzes d'art, genre ancien et moderne, mainly copies of French 18th century models, Maison Millet was awarded many medals such as the 1889 Exposition Universelle Gold Medal, a Grand prix in 1900 and three Diplômes d'Honneur. In 1902, Millet was authorised by the curator of the Palais de Versailles to replicate Queen Marie-Antoinette's celebrated 'Grand cabinet bijoux'. An auction of their stock was held in 1906 and the firm finally ceased trading in 1918.

A related bureau au rognon by Millet, incorporating full ormolu figures astride the candelabra, sold Christie's East, 13 December 1983, lot 427.