Lot Essay
Claude-Charles Saunier, maître in 1752.
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ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1780
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER, BOIS SATINE AND AMARANTH BONHEUR DU JOUR
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1780
The superstructure with a pair of cupboard doors later fitted with Sevres oval porcelain plaques, the frieze drawer enclosing a velvet-lined writing surface and three wells
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 31 in. (79 cm.)wide, 13 ½ in.(45 cm.) deep
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1780
The superstructure with a pair of cupboard doors later fitted with Sevres oval porcelain plaques, the frieze drawer enclosing a velvet-lined writing surface and three wells
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 31 in. (79 cm.)wide, 13 ½ in.(45 cm.) deep
Provenance
Lady Frances Waldegrave (1821-1879), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.
With Duveen Brothers, London.
Sir George Cooper.
Felix Lawrence, New York.
With Rosenberg and Stiebel.
Acquired from René Weiller, Paris, in 1971.
With Duveen Brothers, London.
Sir George Cooper.
Felix Lawrence, New York.
With Rosenberg and Stiebel.
Acquired from René Weiller, Paris, in 1971.
Literature
S. de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, London and New York, n.d., illus. p. 134.
Special notice
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