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Lot 42 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 40-44)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD TRIC-TRAC TABLE
BY JEAN-ALBERT VOVIS, CIRCA 1780
Fermé17 May 2017
Prix réalisé
GBP 2,000
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Jean-Aldebert Wowitz or Vovis, maître in 1767
Originally from Germany, little is known of Vovis, whose workshops were is the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, and later rue Traversiere. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIII Siecle, Paris, 1989, p. 860). A marquetry table by Vovis was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1942 and later sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 29 - 30 November 2012, lot 68.
Originally from Germany, little is known of Vovis, whose workshops were is the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, and later rue Traversiere. (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIII Siecle, Paris, 1989, p. 860). A marquetry table by Vovis was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1942 and later sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 29 - 30 November 2012, lot 68.