Live Auction 1113The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
Lot 147 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE

BY ZWIENER JANSEN SUCCESSEUR, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 March 2013

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BOMBE COMMODE
BY ZWIENER JANSEN SUCCESSEUR, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The serpentine shaped fleur de pêcher marble top above a pair of drawers inlaid sans traverse, the fan-veneered central decoration with floral bois de bout marquetry within a foliate and rocaille-cast frame terminating in handles, the projecting angles set with rocaille clasps and the tapering legs with scrolled sabots, the lower drawer central mount incised to the reverse 'ZJ'
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; 65¾ in. (167 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Jean-Henri Jansen (1854-1928) founded the famous interior-decorating firm of Maison Jansen in 1880. Manufacturing revival and nouveau furniture he became Fournisseur de la Cour d'Espagne and was awarded a Silver Medal at both the 1883 Amsterdam Exhibition and the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle.

The firm relocated to 9, rue Royale, Paris, in 1885 around which time it incorporated the established firm of Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, renaming it Zwiener Jansen Successeur and adopting the practice of stamping pieces, as can be seen in this lot, ZJ.