Lot Essay
Pierre II Migeon, maître circa 1738.
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BY PIERRE II MIGEON, CIRCA 1740
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT
BY PIERRE II MIGEON, CIRCA 1740
The shaped rectangular top with a later gilt tooled leather writing surface within a feather-banded border, the ormolu rim mount meeting in rocaille mounts at the corners, above three frieze drawers and opposing false drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, stamped EHB, and MIGEON JME
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 70 ¾ in. (180 cm.) wide, 35 ½ in. (90.5 cm.) deep
BY PIERRE II MIGEON, CIRCA 1740
The shaped rectangular top with a later gilt tooled leather writing surface within a feather-banded border, the ormolu rim mount meeting in rocaille mounts at the corners, above three frieze drawers and opposing false drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, stamped EHB, and MIGEON JME
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 70 ¾ in. (180 cm.) wide, 35 ½ in. (90.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Retailed by Edward Holmes Baldock, London (in the 19th century).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 1043.
Acquired from Partridge, London, 25 November 1985.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 1043.
Acquired from Partridge, London, 25 November 1985.
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