CIRCA 1800

Details

A PAIR OF CONSULAT MAHOGANY BERGERES
CIRCA 1800
The arm terminals with ram's masks on incurved legs with hoof feet, covered in tan suede fabric
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 30 November 1986, lot 940.
Acquired from Kugel, Paris.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

With their ram’s head terminals and hoofed monopodia legs, this suite of furniture reflects the à l'antique taste popular in France from the very end of the eighteenth century and which eventually blossomed into the empire style under the reign of Napoleon. The most famous promoters of this fashion were the influential architect-designers Percier and Fontaine, whose designs were often executed by the most sought-after furniture makers of the time, such as members of the Jacob dynasty.
En suite with lot 154.

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