BY JACQUES BIRCKLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI BOIS SATINE BIBLIOTHEQUE
BY JACQUES BIRCKLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with canted angles above a pair of shaped grilled doors enclosing four adjustable shelves, with moulded apon, on square feet, stamped 'J.BIRCKLE' and 'JME', the reverse inscribed in chalk '13 x', restorations, previously further mounted, the escutcheons later
77¼ in. (196.5 cm.) high; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 12¼ in. (31.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, 4 June 1948, lot 78 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Jacques Bircklé, maître in 1764.
A closely related bibliothèque by Bircklé was sold at Christie's, Monaco, 17 June 2000, lot 215 (FF88,125).

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