THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In the Empire style, the curved back with applied scrolling foliate mounts centering laurel sprays and a Classical figure holding a beehive, on paw monopodia

來源

A Collection of Napoleonic Memorabilia; Christie's, London, 18 June 1987, lot 318.

拍品專文

This fauteuil de bureau is based on the famous chair from circa 1805 supplied by Jacob-Desmalter et Cie and with mounts by Thomire to Jerôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and brother of Napoleon. This chair passed into the collection of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte until it was sold from the collection of Comte Philippe de La Rochefoucauld, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 May 1951, lot 160.

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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