Lot 39
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI

BY LOUIS-ALEXANDRE BELLANGÉ, CIRCA 1835-40

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND JAPANESE LACQUER MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY LOUIS-ALEXANDRE BELLANGÉ, CIRCA 1835-40
With marble top, above a leaf and strapwork frieze and two cupboard doors inset with panels of Japanese lacquer within nashiji borders, the uprights with chimera and dolphin mounts, the sides with female masks on plinth base, with one interior shelf, the interior doors lined in amaranth, the lock inscribed 'BELLANGE EBENISTE DU ROI'
47½ in. (121 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
With Galerie Fabius Frères.
With Galerie Steinitz, Paris.
Sold Christie's, New York, 21 June 2012, lot 567.

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Lot Essay

This cabinet by Louis-Alexandre Bellangé, one of the most innovative ébénistes of the Restauration and Louis-Philippe periods, showcases his mastery in blending historicist elements with new designs. Combining sumptuous ebony and Japanese lacquer, reminiscent of the works of Weisweiler and Carlin, alongside distinctive female mask mounts derived from the oeuvre of André-Charles Boulle, the cabinet also features neo-Renaissance grotesques affirming Bellangé’s flair for executing boldly original designs in materials of the highest quality.

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