Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BASSE ARMOIRE
Lot 244 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 240-258)

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BASSE ARMOIRE

BY EUGENE FRAGER, MAISON MEYNARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 16,250

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BASSE ARMOIRE
BY EUGENE FRAGER, MAISON MEYNARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1890
The trapezoid brèche forneto marble top above a frieze with central relief-cast plaque, the cupboard door with an elaborate ormolu mount of a central dancing figure beneath a canapy held aloft by doves with floral garlands, enclosing two shelves, on toupie feet, with a metal plaque engraved 'MEUBLES D'ART/ MSON MEYNARD/ FRAGER Succr/ 50.FG. ST. ANTOINE. PARIS/ SiÈGES & TENTURES''
5 ½ in. (147 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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The succesful firm of Maison Meynard was established by Guillaume Meynard in premises at 50, faubourg Saint-Antoine in 1812. In 1833, Meynard was joined in business by his eldest son, Guillaume-Mathieu, and the firm became known as Meynard Père et Fils Aîné. The firm altered its name in various sublte ways as the next generations followed in their fathers' footsteps, until the business was sold the business in its entirety to Eugène Frager in 1889. Throughout its own long existence, and its continuance under Frager, Maison Meynard was a regular exhibitor and medallist at the Parisian exhibitions.