Live Auction 15491The Collector: Silver &19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND HAREWOOD MARQUETRY SEMAINIER
Lot 574 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND HAREWOOD MARQUETRY SEMAINIER

BY EDMOND POTEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 May 2018

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GBP 5,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND HAREWOOD MARQUETRY SEMAINIER
BY EDMOND POTEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The white marble top with a pierced arch gallery above four drawers, flanked to each side by a curved glazed vitrine fitted with three shelves, the lockplate signed 'E. Poteau. 59 rue de Turenne, Paris'
49 in. (119.5 cm.) high; 35 ¼ in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 September 2010, lot 6 (£13,750).

Specialist note

Ledoux-Lebard records Edmond Poteau as having had a workshop at 9, rue Mignon, Paris, between 1856 and 1874, and at 59, rue de Turenne towards the end of the century. Poteau's work favoured the Transitional and Louis XVI styles, with particular emphasis, as demonstrated here, on fine marquetry and parquetry inlay.