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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
Lot 33

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB-DESMALTER

Closed23 March 2017

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB-DESMALTER
The circular revolving seat mounted with a central medallion of a youth supporting a beehive
31.5 in. (80 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

French Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Koller, Zurich, 13-17 March 2008, lot 1340.

Specialist note

This fauteuil de bureau is based on the famous example executed by Jacob-Desmalter et Cie, circa 1805; the mounts by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, and supplied to Jerôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and brother of Napoleon. This chair passed into the collection of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte until sold from the collection of the Comte Philippe de La Rochefoucauld, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 May 1951, lot 160.