BY MERCIER FRÈRES, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE FOURTEEN PIECE DINING SUITE
BY MERCIER FRÈRES, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a dining table, set of ten dining chairs, a larger buffet cabinet, a smaller buffet cabinet and a vitrine; the dining table with oval top, with three additional leaves, above a brass-lined frieze on square tapering legs hung with chandelles; the dining chairs each with an oval back and pierced splat centred by a ebony fan, above a bowed seat covered in yellow velvet, on square tapering legs with foliate sabots; the large buffet cabinet with rounded rectangular fleur de pêcher marble top, above three frieze drawers and three parquetry cupboard doors, the sides conformingly inlaid, on toupie feet; the smaller buffet en suite with rounded rectangular fleur de pêcher marble top above a pair of frieze drawers and an open mirror-backed shelf, above a pair of parquetry cupboard doors with ebony border, the sides conformingly-decorated, on toupie feet, with label 'AMEUBLEMENTS DE STYLE/ MEUBLES, SEIGES, TENTURES/ MERCIER FRERES/ 100, FAUBOURG ST ANTIONE, 100/ PARIS' ; the vitrine with rounded rectangular fleur de pêcher marble top above a amaranth-banded and brass-lined frieze centred by a flowerhead, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing a mirrored interior with three glass shelves, the angles headed by male masks, on toupie feet
The dining table: 29 in. (74 cm. high); 67 in. (170 cm.) long, closed; 130 in. (330 cm.) with leaves; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide;
The chairs: 39 in. (100 cm.) high: 19 in. wide (49 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ (44 cm.) deep;
The large buffet: 39 in. (99 cm.) high; 90 in. (229 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep;
The smaller buffet: 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 52 ¼ in. (133 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep;
The vitrine: 64 in. (163 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide; 15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The firm known from 1867 as Mercier Frères was established in 1828 by Claude Mercier with premises at 15, rue Beautrellis. Moving shortly afterwards to 100, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, where it remained until its final demise in 1986, the firm exhibited at the Exposition de produits de l'industrie francaise in 1844 and 1849, and participated in most of the major International Exhibitions of the latter half of the century.
A parquetry buffet of identical model to the one included in the present suite, with a plaquette inscribed 'MERCIER FRÈRES’, sold Christie’s, London, 24 September 2009, lot 6 (£10,000).

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