ATTRIBUTED TO H. BARBIER, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
ATTRIBUTED TO H. BARBIER, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine ormolu-molded top set with a brown-leather writing surface, with foliate corner clasps, above three frieze drawers each inlaid with floral marquetry, the reverse set with similarly decorated false drawer fronts, the sides each centered by a cartouche, on ram's mask-headed cabriole legs with foliate sabots, the reverse of the mounts variously signed HB
31¼ in. (79.4 cm) high, 53¼ in. (135.3 cm.) wide, 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Christy Donoghue Antiques, Victoria, Texas.

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Lot Essay

Established in 1844 at 13, rue d'Orléans-au-Marais, the Parisian workshop of H. Barbier later relocated to 11, rue des Rosiers in 1853. Known principally as a 'marqueteur, ébéniste et dessinateur', the cabinet-maker supplied a coffre de Boulle to Napoleon III at the Exposition des produits d l'industrie in 1844 (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXesiècle, Paris, 1989, p. 39).

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