Live Auction 2305500 Years Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets
Lot 361 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. REILLY (LOT 361)

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT

BY JEAN CAUMONT, CIRCA 1775

Closed20 April 2010

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
BY JEAN CAUMONT, CIRCA 1775
The leather-lined top over three frieze drawers, one drawer further fitted, on paneled square tapering legs ending in ormolu caps, stamped J. CAUMONT and JME twice
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 52¼ in. (132.5 cm.) wide, 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Acquired from Charles Balay, Paris, in 2000.

Specialist note

Jean Caumont, maître in 1774.

The elegant, architectural form of this bureau plat exemplifies the pared down neo-classical taste popular in the 1760s and 1770s. Often referred to as le goût grec, this style was introduced in the 1750s by the influential architect Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain.