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A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND VERNIS MARTIN HARP
Lot 18

A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND VERNIS MARTIN HARP

BY BOSCH, PARIS, CIRCA 1794

Closed13 June 2018

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GBP 20,000

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A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND VERNIS MARTIN HARP
BY BOSCH, PARIS, CIRCA 1794
Decorated overall with chinoiserie vignettes with figures, trees and pavilions, the stop-fluted column surmounted by a scroll, above a slanted hollow frame and on a canted base with pedals, inscribed 'Bosch Rue Hon..re no 275', decoration refreshed
64 ¼ in. (163 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep

Acquired in Geneva, 1956.
Monsieur and Madame François - A Lifetime of Collecting; sold Christie's, London, 9 June 2011, lot 21.

Specialist note

The superb crisp carving of this harp relates to that on a closely related example signed by Cousineau, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (F. Watson, Louis XVI Furniture, London, 1960, p. 151, fig 229).