Live Auction 2350500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
Lot 318 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 317-320)

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI

BY JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 October 2010

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND VERNIS MARTIN MEUBLE D'APPUI
BY JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine rouge griotte marble top above a spreading frieze and bombé door painted with a gallant scene, the interior fitted with two shelves, the angles mounted with male and female terms, on splayed legs with foliate sabots, the reverse of the mounts variously signed ZN
44½ in. (113.5 cm.) high, 36¾ in. (96 cm.) wide, 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Another cabinet of this design is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1984, p. 645. Another of slightly larger scale was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 October 2006, lot 491 ($42,000).

Please see lot 169 for a further note on Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.