Lot Essay
This model of meuble à hauteur d'appui by Zwiener is illustrated in C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, 2018, p. 563. Another, attributed to Zwiener, sold Sotheby’s, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 208 ($66,000).
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BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD PARQUETRY AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
The breakfront fleur de pecher marble top above an acanthus frieze flanked by female herm figures to the corners, above a central cupboard door inset with a vernis Martin scene of Bacchanalian maidens, and enclosing three shelves lined in blue velvet, above an apron centred by a Bacchic mask, raised on four lion paw sabots, stamped beneath the marble top 'E. ZWIENER'
46 ¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
The breakfront fleur de pecher marble top above an acanthus frieze flanked by female herm figures to the corners, above a central cupboard door inset with a vernis Martin scene of Bacchanalian maidens, and enclosing three shelves lined in blue velvet, above an apron centred by a Bacchic mask, raised on four lion paw sabots, stamped beneath the marble top 'E. ZWIENER'
46 ¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
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This model of meuble à hauteur d'appui by Zwiener is illustrated in C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, 2018, p. 563. Another, attributed to Zwiener, sold Sotheby’s, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 208 ($66,000).