CIRCA 1785

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CARTONNIER
CIRCA 1785
Surmounted with a classical lady emblematic of architecture above an enameled dial signed Sotiau Paris flanked by reclining chained putti above gilt-tooled leather cartons over an open compartment and cupboards to the sides, raised on tapering feet, minor alterations to interior arrangement of cartonnier, the female figure to cresting probbaly associated
78 in. (201 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 15 ¼ in. (38.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 13 February 1983, lot 460.

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Lot Essay

Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau (1749-1791), maître horloger in 1782.
One of the most prolific Parisian clockmakers of the 1780s, Sotiau collaborated extensively with the marchand-merciers Darnault and Daguerre on commissions from such illustrious clients as Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Mesdames Victoire and Adélaïde, daughters of Louis XV, the duc de Polignac and the Prince Regent, later George IV, King of England. Cases by François Rémond and Pierre-Philippe Thomire were often employed by Sotiau in his productions.

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