Lot 344

344

A LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND EBONY-BANDED PARQUETRY TABLE TRICOTEUSE

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A LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND EBONY-BANDED PARQUETRY TABLE TRICOTEUSE

CIRCA 1815-20, IN THE MANNER OF J-H RIESENER

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A LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND EBONY-BANDED PARQUETRY TABLE TRICOTEUSE
CIRCA 1815-20, IN THE MANNER OF J-H RIESENER
The shaped top with a raised rim and hinged fall-front, on pierced lyre supports joined by an oval undertier
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This tricoteuse is based on a group by or attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener (maître in 1768) including that made this ébéniste for Marie Antoinette at Saint-Cloud, now in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, illustrated in the museum catalogue, 1973, no. 347, p. 73.

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