ATTRIBUTED TO EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN BONHEUR DU JOUR
ATTRIBUTED TO EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of serpentine outline, the upper structure with central cupboard flanked by eight drawers over a retractable writing surface and three further frieze drawers, raised on satyr-headed cabriole legs
51 ¾ in. (131.4 cm.) high, 44 ½ in. (113 cm.) wide, 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Belgravia, London, 30 March 1979, lot 219.

Literature

C. Payne, European Furniture of the 19th Century, Woodbridge, 2013, p. 234 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

'A beautifully finished bonheur-du-jour designed in a vigorous Louis XV inspired shape with the pull-out slide in the frieze. [...] The mounts, veneers and carcass are of the finest quality and the design is typical of the Zwiener workshop of the rue de la Roquette.' (Payne, op. cit., p. 234).

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