Live Auction 10689The Opulent Eye - 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DU BOUT MARQUETRY MEUBLES À HAUTEUR D'APPUI
Lot 99

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DU BOUT MARQUETRY MEUBLES À HAUTEUR D'APPUI

BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGÈNE DURAND, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed11 March 2015

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GBP 15,000

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DU BOUT MARQUETRY MEUBLES À HAUTEUR D'APPUI
BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGÈNE DURAND, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with serpentine brèche d'Alep marble top above a shaped frieze and two panelled doors inlaid with foliate scrolls and enclosing three adjustable shelves, on slight cabriole feet with scrolling sabots, variously stamped to the reverse 'G.DURAND'
54 in. (137 cm.) high; 39 in. (100 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Specialising in the manufacture of 18th century furniture models, Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand is recorded as having worked at both 12 rue de la Cerisaie and 62 rue Saint-Antoine during the last quarter of the 19th Century. He was awarded the silver medal at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. The atelier altered its name to Durand et fils when his son joined the firm in 1890.