Lot 295
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY PIERRE PIONIEZ, THE MARQUETRY TO TOP PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY CHARLES TOPINO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY PIERRE PIONIEZ, THE MARQUETRY TO TOP PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY CHARLES TOPINO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular top with canted angles depicting a flowering vase and writing attributes, above a frieze decorated with Vitruvian scrolls interlaced with husks, fitted with a leather-lined writing slide and a small side drawer, on slightly cabriole legs headed with foliate clasps and terminating in scrolled sabots, stamped 'P. PIONIEZ', further defaced stamp to drawer
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 2010, lot 300.
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Lot Essay

Pierre Pioniez, maître in 1765.

Celebrated for his naïve marquetry of vases, urns, amphoras and flower bouquets inspired by Japanese lacquer panels, Topino supplied marquetry and furniture to marchands-merciers and fellow ébénistes such as Pioniez, Nicolas Petit and Léonard Boudin.

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