BY PIERRE III MIGEON, CIRCA 1770

Details

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE AND AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT
BY PIERRE III MIGEON, CIRCA 1770
The rectangular top lined with a gilt-tooled brown leather, above a leather-lined writing slide and three drawers, the reverse fitted with an identical writing slide above three simulated drawers, on circular tapering feet decorated with simulated flutings terminated in toupie sabots, stamped twice 'P.MIGEON' and 'JME'
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Provenance

sold Le Havre, 7 July 1975

Literature

P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.579

Special notice

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Lot Essay

With its double writing-surface, this Louis XVI bureau plat bears a particularly unusual feature which is explained by the use of a writing surface by both the owner of the piece and his secretary. It relates to the celebrated bureau plat by Philippe Claude Montigny, which shows a single-writing slide, sold, Christie's, New York, 30 June 1986, lot 204.

This ormolu-mounted bureau plat is stamped by Pierre III Migeon (1733-1775), son of the famous ébéniste Pierre II Migeon and member of the foremost dynasty of 17th and 18th Century ébénistes. Pierre III was received maître in 1761, by special derogation from the statuts corporatifs or regulations which had since 1743 been amended to specifically exclude non Catholic craftsmen from the maîtrise.

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